A group of Scientists did an experiment once: They kept a few bananas hanging from the top of a cage and put a ladder leading to the same. On the roof, they installed a water sprayer.
Then they put 5 monkeys inside. Watching the bananas, monkeys started climbing the ladder. However, Scientists immediately released water from the spray on them. Getting wet, all the monkeys retreated.
Whenever monkeys tried going up, water was sprayed on them. After sometime, they stopped trying.
Scientists then replaced one of the monkeys with a new one. Looking at the banana, new monkey started climbing the ladder.
No water was sprayed this time. But remaining 4 monkeys started bringing that monkey down and beat him up.
One by one, Scientists went on relacing all monkeys, and finally they had 5 new monkeys inside the cage who had no experience of water spraying from the top while attempting to climb up.
Strangely, none of these 5 monkeys made any attempt at going up the ladder, afraid of being beaten up by others.
They only knew going up the ladder means torture by others, even though none of them had any idea why it was so.
In life, this is what happens when we blindly follow our belief system about many practices initiated long ago, never questioning the current relevance of the same.
PS: This is a story. May not be true. However, it makes a point.
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