Argument from personal incredulity

Think 10 (28):27-28 (2011)
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People prefer certainty. There's a psychological need to explain events or phenomena rather than accept one's ignorance, to say ???I don't know??? when faced with insufficient evidence

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10.1017/s1477175611000030

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