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  2. List of fallacies - Wikipedia

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    For example, oxygen is necessary for fire. But one cannot assume that everywhere there is oxygen, there is fire. A condition X is sufficient for Y if X, by itself, is enough to bring about Y. For example, riding the bus is a sufficient mode of transportation to get to work.

  3. Argument from authority - Wikipedia

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    Nonetheless, it would also be a fallacy, even in the inductive method, when the source of the claim is a false authority, such as when the supposed authority is not a real expert, or when supporting a claim outside of their area of expertise. This is referred to as an "argument from false authority". [19]

  4. Curse of knowledge - Wikipedia

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    The curse of knowledge, also called the curse of expertise [1] or expert's curse, is a cognitive bias that occurs when a person who has specialized knowledge assumes that others share in that knowledge. [2] For example, in a classroom setting, teachers may have difficulty if they cannot put themselves in the position of the student.

  5. How Scientific American's Departing Editor Helped ... - AOL

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    For example, SciAm ran a response to the Cass Review written by a pair of writers who were somehow able to issue a searing critique of the review despite having clearly never read it. They wrote ...

  6. Expert - Wikipedia

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    With these two categories, Hartelius isolates the rhetorical problems faced by experts: just as someone with autonomous expertise may not possess the skill to persuade people to hold their points of view, someone with merely attributed expertise may be persuasive but lack the actual knowledge pertaining to a given subject.

  7. Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment - Wikipedia

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    In the American Press, The Washington Post reviewed the book as "well-researched, convincing, and practical," and only criticized a lack of consistency in style: "some sentences and sections read like a psychology or statistics textbook, others like a scholarly article, and still others like the Harvard Business Review."

  8. Overconfidence effect - Wikipedia

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    One manifestation of the overconfidence effect is the tendency to overestimate one's standing on a dimension of judgment or performance. This subsection of overconfidence focuses on the certainty one feels in their own ability, performance, level of control, or chance of success.

  9. Jim Carrey Clarifies His Retirement Comments: It's 'More ...

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    Jim Carrey isn't swearing off acting for good.. The actor returns to the big screen in the new sequel Sonic the Hedgehog 3 after previously saying in 2022 that he was "being fairly serious" about ...