It's not even that hard. Especially when you're little and you've been deprived somehow of an accurate example of what the right idea is. Plus, if you're hanging around with other folks who also have that same wrong idea, well... you can imagine the sort of confusion this can cause...
I think its due in part to our need for belonging. If we can't be sure where we ought to be, there's some comfort to be had in sticking with the familiar. Even if the results are less than ideal, at least its a commonplace imperfection rather than one we have to accustom ourselves to. The new and unusual can be exciting, but more often than not just presents a whole new world of stress to be coped with, and so sometimes in the most fundamental form of self-defense, we seek out that which seems recognizable.
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