[monster]

I don't care what you call it or where it stems from. All I asked was

Originally Posted by monster

Why would you believe something you don't know to be true? Or at least have a reasonable amount of evidence?

And I still don't have an answer. I know what people call it, I just don't understand why they do it.

and I asked in response to the OP

Originally Posted by Undertoad

[the most dangerous beliefs]...are the ones you *want* to believe in. Because they reaffirm how you believe the world works, and without that framework you become confused, or lost.

Those are the beliefs you will accept without testing. And strangely, those are the beliefs you hold that you are most likely wrong about.

I don't accept things without testing/proof/evidence. I don't understand why some people do.