Logical Fallacies and Biases

•  Texas Sharpshooter


  Cherry-picking data clusters to suit an argument, or finding a pattern to fit a presumption
• Straw Man


  Misrepresenting someone’s argument to make it easier to attack
• Begging the Question


  Presenting a circular argument in which the conclusion was included in the premise
• Curse of Knowledge


  Once you understand something you presume it to be obvious to everyone
• Pessimism Bias


  You overestimate the likelihood of negative outcomes
• Reactance


  You'd rather do the opposite of what someone is trying to make you do.
• Spotlight Affect


  You overestimate how much people notice how you look and act
• Composition/Division


  Assuming that one part of something has to be applied to all, or other, parts of it; or that the whole must apply to its parts
• Appeal to Nature


  Arguing that because something is 'natural' it is therefore valid, justified, inevitable, good or ideal
• Negativity Bias


  Allowing negative things to disproportionately influence your thinking