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Humans seem to be comforted when there's an explanation for something, even if it's just plain wrong, it seems we don't care that much.
by mathieubordere 7y ago
Humans seem to be comforted when there's an explanation for something, even if it's just plain wrong, it seems we don't care that much.
- moccachino 7y agoOur whole lives consist of rationalizing after-the-fact what we observe ourselves to be doing.
- BaronSamedi 7y agoAnd rationalizing because we actually have no idea why we are doing it.
- noxToken 7y agoThere are also two other things at play. Media hype over small scientific announcements that need more study[0], and misrepresentation of scientific findings by researchers or their sponsoring party (e.g. a university's PR department). [0]: https://xkcd.com/882/ https://xkcd.com/882/