How's this for some ideological heresy? > Humans are poor data gathering machines. We have numerous biases, cognitive flaws, and psychological errors that prev

How's this for some ideological heresy? > Humans are poor data gathering machines. We have numerous biases, cognitive flaws, and psychological errors that prevent our unguided minds from grasping reality in any accurate way. What if we're not supposed to always be "data gathering?" What if I just want to do human things? Sometimes (in my more depressive moods), I wonder about the ultimate utility of "grasping reality in the most accurate way possible." At those times, I feel more able to see things, and yet, am less happy. Studies confirm that happier people have a larger 'shield' against reality, maintaining cognitive biases that aren't necessarily true but abstract over the difficult realities. I'll be the first to say that a dark cloud is over my perceptions then, so they cannot always be trusted. But there's something to the notion that the more you know, the less happy you become. And it isn't that we should be happy all the time, but there's a balance that must be struck. I see people insisting on living this 100% logical life...as if they needed to make it perfectly defensible on Internet discussion boards, or something. (I'm interested in talking about it from a purely worldview perspective, not from the viewpoint of 'human progress.')