fallacy

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Deceptive or false appearance; deceitfulness; that which misleads the eye or the mind; deception.

An argument, or apparent argument, which professes to be decisive of the matter at issue, while in reality it is not; a sophism.

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Activation in the amygdala is negatively correlated with gambler's fallacy—the more activity exhibited in the amygdala, the less likely an individual is to fall prey to the gambler's fallacy. Source: Internet

Additionally, the researchers pointed out how insidious the fallacy can be—the participants that did not show the gambler's fallacy showed less confidence in their bets and bet fewer times than the participants who picked "with" the gambler's fallacy. Source: Internet

A fallacy of the second kind is seen as more than simply violation of a rule of reasonable dialogue. Source: Internet

A False dilemma can arise intentionally, when a fallacy is used in an attempt to force a choice or outcome. Source: Internet

Again, the fallacy is the belief that the "universe" somehow carries a memory of past results which tend to favor or disfavor future outcomes. Source: Internet

Affirming the consequent, sometimes called converse error, fallacy of the converse or confusion of necessity and sufficiency, is a formal fallacy of inferring the converse from the original statement. Source: Internet

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