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Luckily it isn't comfort I'm looking for - I'm looking for truth, for better or worse.
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Not to get psychoanalytical on everyone, but even 'searches for truth' can be interpreted as a way of getting comfortable -- you are looking for the strongest position so you can feel secure.
The term 'truth' is widely employed as a designation for ideas that help people make sense of the world. That an idea appears coherent and sensible is not a guarantee that it reflects features of objective reality, so if those are your only criteria, then you are not quite on the right path.
Making predictions and confirming the reliability or unreliability of predictions through analysis of evidence is an important qualification for effective truth-seeking.