The Illusion of Competence: How the Dunning-Kruger Effect Blinds Us
There is a strange paradox in human thinking: The people who know the least too many times feel…
Confirmation Bias: To See Clearly, You Must Look Beyond What Confirms You
Obviously we all like to believe that we are rational, clear thinkers; that our decisions are guided by…
The Self-Serving Bias: Why We Take Credit but Shift the Blame
Imagine that you just got a promotion at work. You feel proud, confident, validated. Naturally, you tell yourself…
Actor-Observer Bias: Why We Judge Ourselves and Others Differently
Imagine you are a student who just received a low grade on a test. Immediately, your mind searches…
The Limits of Your Knowledge Are Not the Limits of Truth: The Personal Incredulity Fallacy
We, human beings, have always struggled with the unknown. We naturally resist what feels too complex, too unfamiliar,…
Too Fast, Too Flawed: The Hasty Generalizations Fallacy
Yes and obviously, we live in a world that moves fast, too fast for truth to always catch…
When Conclusions Become Premises: The Self-Defeating Logic of Circular Arguments
I am sure you have encountered it before, an argument that sounds confident, assertive, and even logical on…
Sliding into Speculation: The Danger of The Slippery Slope Fallacy
You know, in logic, few fallacies are as emotionally persuasive and as subtly deceptive as the slippery slope…
Trust, But Verify: The Subtle Trap of The Appeal to Authority Fallacy
It is very very much human nature to trust people who seem to know more than we do.…
The Crowd is NOT Always Right: The Deceptive Effect of The Bandwagon Fallacy
I am sure that you know that we live in an age where popularity often gets mistaken for…