Skunk cost fallacy
October 30, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Skunk cost fallacy
the False Choice fallacy can now be referred to as the Two Bad BBQs fallacy. (For obvious reasons)
November 2, 2026 at 11:32 AM
the False Choice fallacy can now be referred to as the Two Bad BBQs fallacy. (For obvious reasons)
"rein in"
The notion that it's "out of control" is a right-wing fallacy.
The notion that it's "out of control" is a right-wing fallacy.
November 1, 2026 at 4:00 PM
"rein in"
The notion that it's "out of control" is a right-wing fallacy.
The notion that it's "out of control" is a right-wing fallacy.
For today's "One First," I wrote about the California voter roll litigation and the "base rate fallacy"—which, in the election context, manifests as the risk of disenfranchising a significant number of eligible voters in the course of hunting for a proportionally miniscule number of ineligible ones:
260. Elections and the Base Rate Fallacy
The California voter roll litigation is a useful illustration of “election integrity” claims that would exclude far more eligible votes than ineligible ones.
www.stevevladeck.com
November 2, 2026 at 12:38 PM
For today's "One First," I wrote about the California voter roll litigation and the "base rate fallacy"—which, in the election context, manifests as the risk of disenfranchising a significant number of eligible voters in the course of hunting for a proportionally miniscule number of ineligible ones:
November 2, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Losing wars happens-Afghanistan, Vietnam, and now Iran
Must avoid sunk cost fallacy.
Must avoid sunk cost fallacy.
October 31, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Losing wars happens-Afghanistan, Vietnam, and now Iran
Must avoid sunk cost fallacy.
Must avoid sunk cost fallacy.
October 29, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Gamblers fallacy has never been higher
November 2, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Gamblers fallacy has never been higher
Sunken costs fallacy
October 31, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Sunken costs fallacy
rhyme fallacy = absolutely my favorite logical fallacy
October 31, 2026 at 9:44 PM
rhyme fallacy = absolutely my favorite logical fallacy
mother, that is a logical fallacy
October 30, 2026 at 1:47 PM
mother, that is a logical fallacy
A big fallacy of reading ideology into media is assuming that it precludes any other ideology from occupying the same space.
November 2, 2026 at 6:27 PM
A big fallacy of reading ideology into media is assuming that it precludes any other ideology from occupying the same space.
Sunk cost fallacy? Don't know her.
November 1, 2026 at 2:28 AM
Sunk cost fallacy? Don't know her.
sunk snoot fallacy
November 2, 2026 at 10:16 PM
sunk snoot fallacy
The “base rate fallacy” or “Bumatay’s razor.”
For today's "One First," I wrote about the California voter roll litigation and the "base rate fallacy"—which, in the election context, manifests as the risk of disenfranchising a significant number of eligible voters in the course of hunting for a proportionally miniscule number of ineligible ones:
260. Elections and the Base Rate Fallacy
The California voter roll litigation is a useful illustration of “election integrity” claims that would exclude far more eligible votes than ineligible ones.
www.stevevladeck.com
November 2, 2026 at 1:03 PM
The “base rate fallacy” or “Bumatay’s razor.”
Pretty good example of the false dilemma fallacy.
November 2, 2026 at 3:49 AM
Pretty good example of the false dilemma fallacy.
It's like an addendum to the two goombas fallacy, if you combine arguments from different sources you can make yourself believe all of your opponents are incoherent
October 30, 2026 at 10:05 AM
It's like an addendum to the two goombas fallacy, if you combine arguments from different sources you can make yourself believe all of your opponents are incoherent
i love how america enables gamblers fallacy and even glorifies it
October 30, 2026 at 8:33 PM
i love how america enables gamblers fallacy and even glorifies it
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No True Policeman fallacy
October 29, 2026 at 3:44 AM
No True Policeman fallacy
Yes. Black voters have out-mobilized voter suppression before - and the suppressionists have tried to point to that civic energy as proof that voter suppression is a fallacy; it is not. Similarly, granting the vote but robbing representation (as Callais permits) may backfire for the same reason.
Black turnout across the South is through the roof and the national media seems to be ignorant of the fact that effectively ending the VRA is part of a broader effort to roll back democracy. Black voters are mobilizing in response. For a region with perpetually low turnout, this is huge.
November 2, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Yes. Black voters have out-mobilized voter suppression before - and the suppressionists have tried to point to that civic energy as proof that voter suppression is a fallacy; it is not. Similarly, granting the vote but robbing representation (as Callais permits) may backfire for the same reason.