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List of paradoxes. Outline of public relations – Overview of and topical guide to public relations. Map–territory relation – Relationship between an object and a representation of that object (confusing map with territory, menu with meal) Mathematical fallacy – Certain type of mistaken proof.
I'm entitled to my opinion (or I have a right to my opinion) is an informal fallacy in which someone dismisses arguments against their position by asserting that they have a right to hold their own particular viewpoint. [1][2] The statement exemplifies a red herring or thought-terminating cliché. The fallacy is sometimes presented as "let's ...
Boilerplate text. Boilerplate text, or simply boilerplate, is any written text (copy) that can be reused in new contexts or applications without significant changes to the original. The term is used about statements, contracts, and source code, and is often used in the media pejoratively to refer to clichéd or unoriginal writing.
Harlan Ullman, opinion contributor September 30, 2024 at 1:00 PM Of all the crises the U.S. faces, at home and abroad, one of the most searing is the failure to ask the right questions that get to ...
The Supreme Court’s recent ruling that makes it harder to hold people responsible for harassment online could send a troubling symbolic message about free speech to institutions other than ...
Sloppy language about Trump sympathizers being “left behind” is dead wrong; they are members of dominant groups who want to remain dominant. Ultimately, Trump voters support an ideology that ...
Confirmation bias (also confirmatory bias, myside bias, [a] or congeniality bias[2]) is the tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms or supports one's prior beliefs or values. [3] People display this bias when they select information that supports their views, ignoring contrary information, or when ...
You could say you’re wrong (heaven forbid!), but how much better to blame it all on some poor black swan that just came out of nowhere, like a bolt out of the blue, and got in the way.