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| Errors of Perspective, Errors of Procedure, Errors of Expression |
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| the limitation that comes from taking a narrow rather than broad view on problems; tunnel vision |
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| ideas that are taken for granted rather than produced by conscious thought |
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| the expectation that the only reasonable view of any issue is either total affirmation or total rejection |
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| the belief that there must be rules but no exceptions; these people expect the truth about issues to be clear-cut and certain |
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| the existence of exceptions proves there can be no rules; truth is created rather than discovered |
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| the push for or against change; change has recently been positive, so many people today approve of it |
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| Biased Consideration of Evidence |
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| seeking and accepting only information that confirms your bias |
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| using one standard of judgement for our ideas and ideas compatible with our own and an entire different |
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| Over generalization and Stereotyping |
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| the mental activity by which we draw broad conclusions from particular experiences |
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| goes beyond making complex ideas easier to grasp; it twists and distorts ideas |
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| reasoning that when one thing occurs after another, it must be the result of the other |
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| no statement can be both true and false at the same time in the same way |
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| attempting to prove a statement by repeating it in a different way |
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| something that is said that means nothing; ambiguous statements are meaningless |
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| giving credibility to people who do not deserve it |
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| an attempt to explain something relatively unfamiliar by referring to something different |
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| Encourages people to accept ideas for some reason other than reasonableness |
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