An explanation can be satisfying because it ends the search, not because it survives examination.

Relief and truth feel similar from the inside. An explanation that closes an uncomfortable open question gives you a distinct sense of resolution, and the mind reads that comfort as confirmation, even when the reasoning would fall apart under a second look. What ends the search feels correct because searching is unpleasant.

So pay attention to the moment you stop looking. When an account of something lands and you feel yourself relax, treat that feeling as a prompt rather than a verdict, and ask what else would also explain this. You do not need to become a sceptic about everything, only about the explanations that arrive precisely when you most wanted one.