It's not an uncommon conclusion. So common, it's been attributed to many famous thinkers over the years: You cannot reason a person out of a position they did n

It's not an uncommon conclusion. So common, it's been attributed to many famous thinkers over the years: You cannot reason a person out of a position they did not reason themselves into. Also, I would say you're not too far off with how we've developed. A lot of things that are useful for a more "primitive" species work against us now. Pareidolia just really messes with us now. Whereas before when the risk of being mauled by a predator was much more real, the fact that what you thought was a bear was really a funny shaped rock 9 times out of 10 will save you that 1 time it is a bear.