There is a lot of research on the idea of finding comfort, find enjoy ment in things that we've done before. The familiar is more comfortable, almost by definition, than the novel. Why do you think that is? Well, because if you're feeling uncomfortable, you would seek out the opposite, which is comfort. So i can see both sides, but i have to say, i totally identify with masha, and i do the same.
Also: is a little knowledge truly a dangerous thing?