Religious dietary law requires trusting unknown co-religionists for food preparation

Evidence

The reliance on unknown group members to perform this task is an example of distributed cognition and specialization within group, which is an element of successful group coordination. — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 900

Categorization

• XREF: Directly parallels the law-merchant literature the reader studied — kosher/halal reliance on unknown group members mirrors reputation-based trust among traders from different communities. — connects to: Religious claims require living examples to be understood and believed — Chuck Missler, The Kingdom, Power and Glory: The…, 1467; Food taboos induce meat sharing without anyone understanding they do so. — Joseph Henrich, The Secret of Our Success: How Culture…, 515