We cheer for evolution, markets, free speech, and brains doing their thing… until something feels too remarkable. Then suddenly the decentralized process “can’t be enough” and we invent a designer, a planner, a cabal, a fact-checker, a metaphysical free-will steerer, a consciousness watcher, or a special human essence.
Same template. Same cognitive reflex. Different domains.
My Science Moment 637 points the finger at all of us.