Humans, when probed, don't have a robust epistemology either. Our knowledge(and reality) is grounded in heuristics we reify into natural order and it's easy fo

Humans, when probed, don't have a robust epistemology either. Our knowledge(and reality) is grounded in heuristics we reify into natural order and it's easy for us to forget that our conclusions exist as a veneer on our perceptions. Nearly every bit of knowledge we hold has an opposite twin that we hold as well. We favor completeness over consistency. When pressed, humans tend to justify their heuristics rather than reexamine them because our minds have a clarity bias - ie: we would rather feel like things are clear even if they are wrong. Often times we can't go back and test if they are wrong which biases epistemological justifications even more. So no, our rationality, the vast proportion of times is used to rationalize rather than conclude.