Uncertainty Produces Anxiety
Anything that we do has an amount of risk attached to it, and we seem okay with it as long as the risk is measurable and acceptable. If we are able to do a cost-benefit analysis of the risks, we can take a call.
When the risk we are taking is unknown, and the uncertainty is above the threshold of information, beliefs and knowledge, then our animalistic instincts kick in, and any blind belief, no matter how absurd, is hedged against the risk which is now unacceptable.
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