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.
Since it's uncertain thing, it's hard to maintain it at a constant level. Or we try to make ourselves believe, it's constant and things are under control.
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.
Set point theory but for FUD? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set_point_theory
Dostoevsky wrote about this in Notes from Underground (excerpt below). The inherent desire for entropy is definitely under-explored. I wonder if it’s evolutionary.
is it uncertainty (a very broad category) that humans seek or ambiguity (a particular type of not-knowing where there are multiple possible readings, some of which might be more favourable than current perceived reality)?
We are explorers. We chase the thrill of the unknown. We also seek hope.
100% also that's how the flow state works, if you remove the "skill" part
Constant uncertainty is a bit of a brain twister. Uncertainty is a shape. Uniform for most uncertain… The example and the supposition aren’t landing for me.✌️Humans being comfortable with a given shape of uncertainty might land where plausible stories are at the tails.
