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==Straw Man== | ==Straw Man== | ||
A fallacy is an argument or belief based on erroneous reasoning, usually designed to attack or [[Gaslighting|gaslight]] an opponent. Straw man is one type of logical fallacy. Straw man occurs when someone argues that a person holds a view that is actually not what the other person believes. Instead, it is a distorted version of what the person believes. So, instead of attacking the person's actual statement or belief, it is the distorted version that is attacked, when the targeted person never made the statement to begin with. <ref>[http://www.softschools.com/examples/fallacies/straw_man_examples/496/ Straw Man Fallacy]</ref> | A fallacy is an argument or belief based on erroneous reasoning, usually designed to attack or [[Gaslighting|gaslight]] an opponent. Straw man is one type of logical fallacy. Straw man occurs when someone argues that a person holds a view that is actually not what the other person believes. Instead, it is a distorted version of what the person believes. So, instead of attacking the person's actual statement or belief, it is the distorted version that is attacked, when the targeted person never made the statement to begin with. <ref>[http://www.softschools.com/examples/fallacies/straw_man_examples/496/ Straw Man Fallacy]</ref> | ||
==Confirmation Bias== | |||
[[Confirmation Bias]] is the strong human tendency to dismiss or distort evidence or facts that are contrary to our acceptable beliefs formed by our [[Mental Map]] and readily seek out any kind of evidence that supports our views.<ref>[http://www.energeticsynthesis.com/index.php/resource-tools/news-shift-timelines/2832-bio-neurology Bio-Neurology]</ref> | |||