Theory: humans like to maintain uncertainty at a constant level. If reality gets too predictable we tell more plausible make-believe stories. If it gets less predictable we tell fewer stories. If a coin always comes up heads, we tell stories of a world where it always comes up tails.

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Put another way, if things seen too certain, humans think they are missing something, and look for the flaw. If things are too uncertain, humans think they are missing, and look for the fix.

People tend to see what they expect to see.