Logical Fallacies Full List: 10 Evidence-Based Coaching Practices
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Practices that may help
- The Ludic Fallacy: When You Mistake Real Life for a Game
The ludic fallacy, named by Nassim Taleb in The Black Swan, is the mistake of applying the logic of well-defined games (known rules, bounded outcomes, stable probabilities) to domains where those assumptions do not hold — most of real life. The fallacy matters because standard risk models built on game-like distributions systematically underestimate the frequency and magnitude of extreme, unexpected events. This is Taleb’s analytical concept; the supporting evidence is largely observational and historical rather than from controlled experiments. - The Narrative Fallacy: Why We Can’t Stop Making Stories
The narrative fallacy, named by Nassim Taleb in The Black Swan, is the tendency to construct coherent, causal stories from sequences of events — and then to mistake the story for the underlying reality. Narratives feel explanatory because they are causal and emotionally coherent, but they systematically underweight randomness, omit disconfirming details, and create false predictability. The bias is real and well-grounded theoretically; its practical importance is high wherever decisions depend on forecasting or learning from the past. - Question whether the category you’re reasoning from actually fits
Before applying a model or framework, verify that the category it was built on genuinely matches your situation.
The Ludic Fallacy: When You Mistake Real Life for a Game - Identify what the narrative leaves out
After hearing or constructing a causal story, deliberately list the facts it doesn’t explain.
The Narrative Fallacy: Why We Can’t Stop Making Stories - Add the strongest objection to every major supporting reason
For each supporting reason, find the best counter and put it on the map.
Argument Mapping - Weigh disconfirming evidence more heavily than confirming evidence
One strong counterexample outweighs many confirming examples for a universal claim.
Falsification Thinking - Separate the data from the narrative you’ve built around it
List the raw facts, then list the story you’ve layered on top — and check whether the story actually follows.
The Narrative Fallacy: Why We Can’t Stop Making Stories - Examine the evidence for and against
Systematically list what supports your interpretation and what doesn’t — like a fair-minded lawyer, not a prosecutor.
Check the Facts, Made Practical - Use two-sided messages with a sophisticated audience
Acknowledge the strongest objection, then refute it — this is more persuasive than ignoring it.
Elaboration Likelihood Model, Made Practical - Surface and test underlying assumptions
Identify the implicit assumptions that your reasoning depends on and test whether they hold.
Socratic Questioning
Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- I’m reaching for a framework that worked great somewhere else and dropping it onto this situation, and a part of me isn’t sure the two cases are actually the same kind of thing underneath
- I’ve got this clean, satisfying explanation for why it all went the way it did, and it feels airtight
- Every reason I come up with points the same way, and that smoothness is starting to make me suspicious
- Whenever a case pops up that contradicts what I believe, my reflex is to wave it away
- I’m completely sure I know what’s going on here, but when I try to separate what I actually saw happen from the meaning I bolted onto it, I can’t cleanly tell where the facts stop and my interpretation starts
Related concerns
- Logical Fallacies 11 Minutes
The narrative fallacy, named by Nassim Taleb in The Black Swan, is the tendency to construct coherent, causal stories from sequences of events — and then to mistake the story for the underlying reality. Narratives feel explanatory because they are causal and emotionally coherent, but they systematically underweight randomness, omit disconfirming details, and create false predictability. The bias is real and well-grounded theoretically; its practical importance is high wherever decisions depend on forecasting or learning from the past.
- Logical Fallacies Cheat Sheet
The ludic fallacy, named by Nassim Taleb in The Black Swan, is the mistake of applying the logic of well-defined games (known rules, bounded outcomes, stable probabilities) to domains where those assumptions do not hold — most of real life. The fallacy matters because standard risk models built on game-like distributions systematically underestimate the frequency and magnitude of extreme, unexpected events. This is Taleb’s analytical concept; the supporting evidence is largely observational and historical rather than from controlled experiments.
- Logical Fallacies Examples In Media
The narrative fallacy, named by Nassim Taleb in The Black Swan, is the tendency to construct coherent, causal stories from sequences of events — and then to mistake the story for the underlying reality. Narratives feel explanatory because they are causal and emotionally coherent, but they systematically underweight randomness, omit disconfirming details, and create false predictability. The bias is real and well-grounded theoretically; its practical importance is high wherever decisions depend on forecasting or learning from the past.
- Logical Fallacies Handout
The ludic fallacy, named by Nassim Taleb in The Black Swan, is the mistake of applying the logic of well-defined games (known rules, bounded outcomes, stable probabilities) to domains where those assumptions do not hold — most of real life. The fallacy matters because standard risk models built on game-like distributions systematically underestimate the frequency and magnitude of extreme, unexpected events. This is Taleb’s analytical concept; the supporting evidence is largely observational and historical rather than from controlled experiments.
- Logical Fallacies List And Definitions
The ludic fallacy, named by Nassim Taleb in The Black Swan, is the mistake of applying the logic of well-defined games (known rules, bounded outcomes, stable probabilities) to domains where those assumptions do not hold — most of real life. The fallacy matters because standard risk models built on game-like distributions systematically underestimate the frequency and magnitude of extreme, unexpected events. This is Taleb’s analytical concept; the supporting evidence is largely observational and historical rather than from controlled experiments.
- Logical Fallacies Module
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