Explaining belief in the absurd

[gaelic cowboy]

Something makes me suspect that were just hardwired to prefer anecdotal evidence from an evolutionary perspective.

If we decide to not eat mushrooms because we felt sick this will probably will not remove us from the genepool, but if we continue to eat the mushrooms of differant kinds this could kill us.

Essentially making a sweeping general choice safeguards us and allows us pass on our genes, nowadays were likely not a risk from eating a forest mushroom but our brains still make those same choices.