It was great to meet you too, Briskit!

It is indeed a double edged sword. It is a fundamental part of staying safe, for our minds to take rational and logical shortcuts based on our previous experience - but can also make us quick cast erroneous aspersion.

Without, as you mentioned, taking the time to reflect, we are likely to take the same shortcuts without understanding why - without being curious, we inevitably become comfortable in our ignorance, wilfully or no.