Cognitive Biases and Fallacies

Discussions center on identifying logical fallacies, cognitive biases like Dunning-Kruger and whataboutism, and flaws in human reasoning such as contrarianism and misuse of terms.

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Sample Comments

eterps Sep 24, 2016 View on HN

An app that trains you to recognize logical fallacies and cognitive biases with suggestions on how to improve your thought process per case.

todd3834 Nov 26, 2016 View on HN

Get to the facts and stop telling me how to think

Sephiroth87 Dec 4, 2013 View on HN

You Keep Using That Word, I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means

Finnucane Jan 18, 2023 View on HN

You Keep Using That Word, I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means

stevebmark Jan 15, 2018 View on HN

You Keep Using That Word, I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means

shul Nov 16, 2024 View on HN

It's placebo effect all the way down

reactordev Nov 5, 2023 View on HN

Good doesn’t cancel out the bad

seba_dos1 Jan 8, 2026 View on HN

The unreasonable effectiveness of considering something harmful.

civopsec Nov 21, 2022 View on HN

The misanthropic collective wisdom fixpoint.

mightysashiman Nov 21, 2025 View on HN

The power of (self-)endoctrination in action