Yes, but the mastery of the superset gives us greater capabilities. No archer would have believed a missile could fire faster than the sound it makes. No people, before fight believed flight was possible. Before biology, it was believed illness was from the gods or fate.
At the same those greater capabilities gave us greater risk. Until the advent of the bomb, nobody thought it possible to end the world.
But bullets, birds, and bacteria violate no physical laws. We’re talking about something completely different here. It’s not about refusal to believe or the inability to imagine, but making 2 + 2 = 7. It’s simply not possible.