The famous child psychologist Jean Piaget spent his career studying the way children think. He recalls one story from the early days of his career. Piaget asked a child to tell him how a distant mountain range came into being. The child began telling him this wonderfully imaginative story about a giant playing in a sandbox who created the mountains. Then, Piaget attempted to tell the child the real, scientific explanation behind the creation of mountains. The child listened carefully and understood everything he said. A few months later, Piaget asked the child if he remembered how mountains were made. The child again told the fantastical tale of the giants playing in the sandbox. He insisted that this was the story Piaget told him. That was the story that made sense to him; it was the story he wanted to believe, so no amount of new information would change his mind.