Human beings are inclined to "praise" the unknown, and are often afraid of the unknown. This inclination has led to the creation of mythology and many gods. To this date we are still carrying this habit on our daily lives. 

 - "Oh, look at these [crop circles][1], aliens must have created them!"
 - "Oh, he can bend the spoon! He must have [psychic power][2]!"
 - "Nah, earth must be [standing over the oxen horns][3], otherwise it would fall down!"
 - and most striking example of all is [God of the Gaps][4].

To further exemplify my claim, Wikipedia quotes [God of the Gaps](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_of_the_gaps) as a variant of [argument from ignorance][5]

> The term God-of-the-gaps argument can refer to a position that assumes
> an act of God as the explanation for an unknown phenomenon, which is a
> variant of an argument from ignorance. Such an argument is
> sometimes reduced to the following form:
>
>  - There is a gap in understanding of some aspect of the natural world.
>  - Therefore the cause must be supernatural.
> 
> One example of such an argument, which uses God as an explanation of
> one of the current gaps in biological science, is as follows: "Because
> current science can't figure out exactly how life started, it must be
> God who caused life to start."

But this answer is rather specific and not satisfying for me. I think there lies a cognitive bias that drives human beings to prefer to praise/fear the unknown over showing reasoning and critical thinking when we are faced to the unknown. Is there an exact term for this habit of us? Is [Occam's Razor][6] the right term for this?


  [1]: https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=dtM&rls=org.mozilla:tr:official&q=field%20shapes%20crop&psj=1&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=787967l797030l0l797310l17l17l0l1l1l0l833l5162l0.3.7.3.1.1.1l16l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&biw=1366&bih=588&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=ANUqT9zrHIue-QbfvfWADg#um=1&hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:tr:official&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=crop%20circles&pbx=1&oq=crop%20circles&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=1194l3393l0l3438l12l12l0l4l4l2l1331l4413l3-2.3.7-2l7l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=e229c663f51bc431&biw=1366&bih=588
  [2]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9w7jHYriFo
  [3]: http://www.photoshopmagazin.com/yarisma/3556/calisma/17303?m=ajax
  [4]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_of_the_gaps
  [5]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_ignorance
  [6]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam%27s_razor