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		<title>Ritualized Language Can Be Inaccurate and Annoying</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Rituals are things people do in a more or less consistent matter, often to the extent that the manner of doing is more important, or at least, more persistent, than any possible original reason for doing the thing. Ritualized behaviors are all around us, even in highly modern settings like medicine. As a possibly apocryphal &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2021/10/21/ritualized-language-can-be-inaccurate-and-annoying/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Ritualized Language Can Be Inaccurate and Annoying</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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