Comments on: 5 Ways ‘Common Sense’ Lies To You Everyday

By: c0ldfish

c0ldfish — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:58:58 +0000

these fallacies are obvious.

i hate this moronic species.

By: Gauldar

Gauldar — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:47:24 +0000

Regarding The Regression Fallacy:

http://www.snopes.com/sports/football/maddencurse.asp

By: Xinavera

Xinavera — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:13:09 +0000

Another one I see all the time is the Gambler’s Fallacy:
“I’ve flipped five heads in a row, the next one is bound to be tails”. “It’s been 100 years since the last big earthquake so we’re overdue for The Big One.” “I’ve had three daughters and I really want a son, one more child will definitely be a boy.”

By: Gauldar

Gauldar — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:05:52 +0000

Yeah, I dislike that mindset as well. It’s like those minivans zooming around with the ‘baby on board’ sign… just because they may or may not have a kid in their car doesn’t mean that everyone else around them has to be a professional in their driving style while driving carelessly to begin with. If you can’t see your own faults you’re going to end up smacking into somebody else who is ignoring their own. It takes two to cause an accident.

By: LisaL

LisaL — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:30:19 +0000

My husband definitely suffers from that Special Pleading one.
He gets SO stressed out at all the idiots on the road. And yes, while there are a lot of them, he often times does the same thing they’re doing at some point.
Such as, we’re not sure if soandso area is the right place, so we’ll slow down some to examine the area.
But lord help us if we come upon someone doing this. They’re idiots, they need to pull over, etc etc etc.
It’s very frustrating riding with him sometimes lol.