To persuade you, people often try to use logical fallacies (Credit: Javier Hirschfeld) When people are trying to persuade you, they sometimes reach for underhand tricks like the 'appeal to ignorance' ...

Logical people are typically less biased. It makes sense semantically, but I’m also referring to the research. Studies show that participants who score higher on measures of logical reasoning or who ...

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The biggest lie those who create and spread misinformation perpetrate is that they want you to think for yourself. They warn their target audience not to be “sheep” and not to let themselves be told ...

Logical fallacies are mistakes in arguments. For example, if someone says that something is better solely because it is more "natural," this is the appeal to nature fallacy. If someone presents two ...

Heated political rhetoric is everywhere. It sets us apart from one another and erodes what's left of civil discourse. It grinds the worthy concept of "logic" into dust. Not any more. Not when we fight ...

Have you ever walked away from a heated discussion feeling like something was off, but couldn’t quite put your finger on what? That nagging sensation might be your ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. Narcissists rely on these five ‘logical fallacies’ like a ...