> How hard is it for people to just admit that we probably have inadequate evidence to reach a solid conclusion. Evidence indicates: extremely hard. People are

> How hard is it for people to just admit that we probably have inadequate evidence to reach a solid conclusion. Evidence indicates: extremely hard. People are extremely uncomfortable with ambiguity and uncertainty. In a variety of circumstances, ranging from the storms another commenter mentioned to your favorite political issue, people will happily make stuff up and believe it rather than accept uncertainty. From a certain perspective it's hard to fault this instinct, since true certainty is almost never possible but we still have to make decisions in finite timeframes. If you're careful, you can probably catch yourself doing the same thing.