"Ah," we tell ourselves. "I know why that happened." With an explanation
firmly in hand, we now feel we know something. And the behavioral
psychologists note that this state actually releases chemicals in our brain
which make us feel good. We become literally addicted to the simple
explanation. The fact that what we "know" (the explanation for the
unknowable) is irrelevant or even wrong is not important to the chemical
release. And thus we look for reasons.

And that is why some people get so angry when you challenge their beliefs.
You are literally taking away the source of their good feeling, like drugs
from a junkie, or a boyfriend from a teenage girl.

"To trace something unknown back to something known is alleviating,
soothing, gratifying, and gives moreover a feeling of power. Danger,
disquiet, anxiety attend the unknown - the first instinct is to eliminate
these distressing states. First principle: any explanation is better than
none... The cause-creating drive is thus conditioned and excited by the
feeling of fear ...." - Friedrich Nietzsche

Nobel Laureate Hyman Minsky points out that stability leads to instability.
The more comfortable we get with a given condition or trend, the longer it
will persist; and then when the trend fails, the more dramatic is the
correction.
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