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'cause they want to believe in an immutable, universal rulebook to guide them instead of having to constantly figure things out as variables change and knowledge evolves.

I'll give mathbros a pass since they're just pointing out that an abstract system can be logically consitent and you can deduce things within that system without referring to the concrete world. Technically though, even they would have to admit you need prior experience (exposure to consistency, logic and some basic rules) to accomplish that.