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Something about realizing the falsity of an existing belief makes it feel like a loss. It's not; you can't lose something that never was, but unless you can get people to realize and, more importantly, feel that it's not a loss, it will continue to be a serious flaw in human reasoning.
Feeling makes it real.
It feels like a loss because it is a loss. Beliefs are things, and they can be held or lost -- just as they can comfort and give meaning -- independently of whether they are or ever were true.