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Definitional retreat – changing the meaning of a word when an objection is raised. [23] Often paired with moving the goalposts (see below), as when an argument is challenged using a common definition of a term in the argument, and the arguer presents a different definition of the term and thereby demands different evidence to debunk the argument.
Historian and American University professor Allan Lichtman answers questions during an interview with AFP in Bethesda, Maryland, on Sept. 7, 2024. "I don't think I called any (keys) wrong ...
Overconfidence effect, a tendency to have excessive confidence in one's own answers to questions. For example, for certain types of questions, answers that people rate as "99% certain" turn out to be wrong 40% of the time. [5] [44] [45] [46] Planning fallacy, the tendency for people to underestimate the time it will take them to complete a ...
When you're wrong, you're wrong. But when you're right, you're extra-wrong. And if you're in between, it's still your fault. You just can't win. Suppose you're right on the facts in a content dispute, or right about Wikipedia policies and guidelines if it's a procedural issue or another editor is misbehaving. If you're so right, it's extra ...
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]
A suggestive question is a question that implies that a certain answer should be given in response, [1] [2] or falsely presents a presupposition in the question as accepted fact. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Such a question distorts the memory thereby tricking the person into answering in a specific way that might or might not be true or consistent with their ...
Getting caught forced me to confront my feelings about aging. Over the next few days, I kept thinking about those words. It was a dumb thing to lie about.
A loaded question is a form of complex question that contains a controversial assumption (e.g., a presumption of guilt). [1]Such questions may be used as a rhetorical tool: the question attempts to limit direct replies to be those that serve the questioner's agenda. [2]