I think there’s more going on! Given a blank slate question like, “Why did the car get stolen?” or “Why did the house get broken in to?” people will think of anything else but that there was a car thief or burglar. It makes us feel safer to think that the cause doesn’t lie entirely with the perpetrator. We live in a fundamentally unknowable, unpredictable, uncaring world of potential monsters and horrors, but people don’t enjoy being reminded of that fact. Humans favor delusion because we can’t handle reality. You’re right that it is about control but I think it originates in a pervasive need for a sense of control over reality/experience.
I think there’s more going on! Given a blank slate question like, “Why did the car get stolen?” or “Why did the house get broken in to?” people will think of anything else but that there was a car thief or burglar. It makes us feel safer to think that the cause doesn’t lie entirely with the perpetrator. We live in a fundamentally unknowable, unpredictable, uncaring world of potential monsters and horrors, but people don’t enjoy being reminded of that fact. Humans favor delusion because we can’t handle reality. You’re right that it is about control but I think it originates in a pervasive need for a sense of control over reality/experience.