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No, it makes sense to be surprised by the world - when that surprise is the sound of you updating to a theory that will be less surprised next time.
Pedantry codicil: information-theoretic surprise doesn't always indicate that your model needs to be updated. I wasn't expecting the lottery numbers to be what they were on Saturday.