It&#x27;s probably even worse than that: we probably actively dislike what we don&#x27;t know.<p>First, it&#x27;s an excuse to not know; I don&#x27;t know this, not because I&#x27;m lazy and didn&#x27;t make the effort to check it out, but because, you know, it&#x27;s bad, or beyond me.<p>And second, it&#x27;s hard to dislike something you actually got to know, because knowing requires some sort of empathy.<p>You can list all the problems with something you know, and say why it&#x27;s not as good as it could be, etc., but if you declare that you &quot;hate&quot; it whole, it&#x27;s a sign you don&#x27;t know much about it.