Let’s define those terms for our discussion. A hasty generalization is a logical fallacy that makes an assumption based on a sample size way too small to support the claim and applied to the ...

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I write about strategy, leadership and Red Team Thinking. The base rate fallacy is a cognitive bias that causes us to ignore or undervalue general information and instead focus on data that is ...

When considering your argument or the arguments of others, writers and readers need to be aware of logical fallacies. Logical fallacies are found in many places—ads, politics, movies. Logical ...

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Whataboutisms are often used to distract from and to cast doubts on an argument’s legitimacy, integrity, or fairness. They ...

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