I completely disagree.

I will say that the bottom of the IQ bell curve needs tradition, but their recognition of their own ignorance is why they don't rely on "confusin' the situation with yer fancy mathmatics'. Normally, they are going to do whatever works best for them, and then keep doing that because "if it ain't broke don't fix it". Traditions can still be co-opted, though.

Average people don't need a prompt to get them started. I actually think that is a major cultural disease of the authoritarianism of the Industrial Revolution. Human commodification promoted the idea that the average person should act like someone with less IQ: follow the instructions to prosperity... without ever taking initiative or responsibility. Thing is, the low IQ people do take initiative and responsibility, they just aren't always sure who to pre-plan. What we have today is a commodified society of people who don't take responsibility nor initiative, thanks to a syndicalist society.

Intelligent people need guard rails, but religions have typically been nothing more than a rationalization of their own ambition. Same with philosophy and ideology. I've said before, and I believe it to be true: the head of every religion and cult is an atheist. Whether it's the Pope, a prophet, the Sultan, a messiah, or a divine monarch; they all know they are not talking to God. It's why I'm an anti-theist. No institution can be trusted with the power of God. No institution is worthy of that power in the same way that no person is worthy of it.

I guess that's why I've simply deified the concept of truth. Truth isn't a moral system, but operating truthfully with a desire to benefit yourself and the others around you seems to be the best way to live life. It's certainly the way that people suffer and die the least. Moreover, truth is (by definition) external to one's self. Truth can only be internal when you create an abstraction in your head by creating a tautology or postulate. Of course it's 'true', you defined it to be true, but it is therefore not objective. If it is not an objective truth, it's not really the kind of truth we're talking about.