Value Faith 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, or too…
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The Illusion of Neutrality: The Middle Ground Fallacy
Just like in my previous article, the world is filled with debates, and political, moral, scientific, relational people many many…
The Illusion of Meaning: The Equivocation Fallacy
Words are powerful, and as a blogger and writer, I know this well, but they can also be slippery, I…
Correlation is NOT Always Causation: Understanding Causal Fallacies
Somehow we all like to tell stories. We want the world to make sense, so our minds naturally try to…
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 up. In…
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. We defer…
The Absence of Evidence is Not The Evidence of Absence: The Ignorance Fallacy
For many people there is a certain comfort in claiming, “Well, you can not prove me wrong.” It sounds safe,…
Beyond Either/Or: Escaping the Trap of the False Dilemma (False Dichotomy)
If you watch the news a lot you will notice that we live in a world that loves extremes, success…
Pursuing Truth In A Balanced Way By Kenneth E. Hagin
A friend of mine, Bob Buess, published a book in 1975 entitled: The Pendulum Swings. A Baptist minister who received…
Attack The Argument, Not The Person: Understanding The Ad Hominem Fallacy
In any and many discussions whether it is online, offline, in politics, or even within our closest relationships, many times…