Daniel · 6 answers · 1y

What are common logical fallacies that you encounter in discussions with others?

I see a lot of ad hominems on Twitter. Also countless faulty/hasty generalizations ["Everyone I know experiences X, so everyone must experience X."]

The most common logical fallacy I see in the wild is confusing "if X then Y" with "if Y then X" or "all X are Y" with "all Y are X". Another one I see a lot, particularly in the news, is assuming correlation is causation.

Sunken cost fallacy. There's a lot of ppl in my life unhappy with where they are but they're too afraid to make a change just because they've already put so much time into it

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