You are the main victim of your own cheating

You intimately want to believe so many things, and you'll work so hard to hide every proof of your being wrong. Cognitive biases are part of the human nature, as they are part of every animal's nature. Which means that rationality is just a utopia, and we're all trapped in our own beliefs as if they could set us free and make us feel better. Because sometimes cages are a comfort zone. And it's crazy - we're all crazy, all extraordinarily normal. If we really want to know ourselves - for what we're allowed to - we should embrace science, with its (her) own imperfections. And then we'll see the world in such a new perspective we'll be surprised to find out who we are and what we really can do and think. Change is never easy, but it's usually worth it.