Besides the need for protection, we as humans have a need to know and to understand our surroundings to some extend as not knowing is scary. That's another aspect of the same need for not only parental love, but a sense that everything makes sense, is organized and that we always have hope and can expect justice in the future even if we are not feeling good at the moment.
So when we lack knowledge and understanding and get scared by the chaotic nature of the world around us, we invent religions, so we can feel safe again taking solace in the idea that we live in a world that is fair and organized.
With our insatiable desire to explore and what seems our need for reassurance along the way, it's almost like we're fighting ourselves every step of the way to whatever future awaits.
No wonder aliens find humans so interesting in every derivative sci-fi movie I've seen.
That's a great way to put it. This is why I think that we should always challenge our assumptions and try to keep an open mind. Keeping beliefs and ideas just for reassurance's sake is an impediment to true progress and true knowledge. The most important lesson is to learn that there is nothing wrong with saying "I don't know" when that is indeed the case.
Indeed
I think accepting the true existence of chaos is actually what makes you emerge out of it
Yep, that's a good way to put it, too!