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Studying the cognitive biases and defense mechanisms that interfere with our learning and embracing the unknown

One phenomenon that researches show is the Illusion of Explanatory Depth (IOED), which is a well-documented cognitive bias where we believe we understand how the world works much better than we actually do. We could mistake familiarity with everyday phenomena for true mastery of our underlying mechanisms.

Here is an article exploring this phenomenon: Why do we think we understand this world more than we actually do? https://thedecisionlab.com/biases/the-illusion-of-explanatory-depth