I hear this one a fair amount, but yeah, you're largely right, I think.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQkBeOisNM0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQkBeOisNM0
"For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." - Carl Sagan