Rule of Thumb Pattern

We exist in a very complex context. One way we have found to manage this complexity is by making  rules of thumb. Religions, philosophies are replete with these rules of thumb. There are some side effects to these rules of thumb:

• context is left out. Does the rule apply in this context? A rule is a generalization that may or may not apply in a given context. The generalization leaves out the dynamic nature of existence.
• the rule hides the complexity. In some sense, it creates a veil, a wall, beyond which we do not look. Just like a causal chain - we stop it at some point and don't look past that point. Some causal chain stopping points:
• the big bang
• god
• who is to blame - a group, an ethnicity, a culture, a philosophy, a gender, a  function, ...
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These stopping points help us manage an infinite regression since we exist in infinity, where the causal chain starts is totally unclear to finite beings with limited capacity.
• allows us to deal with great complexity in some manner. Sometimes a useful one and sometimes not.
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