Or people have a inordinate need to be BSed. It is true in life. Many times I am asked a question where I had no knowledge of the subject asked about. I give the honest answer of “I don’t know.” The questioner, for the most time, can’t accept the answer.
The phrase "ignorance is bliss" is telling. We have a reflexive aversion to perceive as a function of our solipsistic ego. I'd rather be wrong and win the argument, for example.