“The closer an idea is to what you already believe the easier it is to think of it.”—Yes.
“The closer an idea is to the truth the easier it is to think of it.”—No.
These is this idea of systematic bias; of errors that all people do for the same reasons (e.g. because making this type of error often provided an evolutionary advantage, or because the neural networks are likely to make this type of error) Ideas like “there are supernatural agents that act in our world” are easy, discovering electricity is hard.
In my opinion:
“The closer an idea is to what you already believe the easier it is to think of it.”—Yes.
“The closer an idea is to the truth the easier it is to think of it.”—No.
These is this idea of systematic bias; of errors that all people do for the same reasons (e.g. because making this type of error often provided an evolutionary advantage, or because the neural networks are likely to make this type of error) Ideas like “there are supernatural agents that act in our world” are easy, discovering electricity is hard.