Comments on: 24 Logical Fallacies That Hurt Your Writing Career and Your Life

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Tue, 01 Jan 2019 17:40:38 +0000

I often find myself coming up against confirmation bias as a writer, but I’ve always found it very important not to give into it. If I can’t find reliable sources to support a claim then I have to scrap it. Very helpful infographic…thank you John!

By: Stefan Alexander

Stefan Alexander — Fri, 04 May 2018 15:38:23 +0000

Hi John,

This is a great infographic. Thank you for sharing it on your blog. It does indeed show that we as humans are flawed by nature. But by working hard toward being better and acknowledging our mishaps, we may have a chance of growing intellectually. It’s not easy to accept some facts when they go against beliefs we hold dear to us, but admitting that inability is in itself a step toward evolving.

Thanks again for sharing this!

By: John Soares

John Soares — Mon, 26 Mar 2018 21:16:06 +0000

In reply to Anne Wayman. At some point in my life I've committed all of these, and some I still do -- although I'm working on them!

By: Anne Wayman

Anne Wayman — Mon, 26 Mar 2018 17:36:29 +0000

Probably all of them at one time or another and to one degree or another. Like Lori, I believe in a just world – actually a just universe despite evidence… these days I just work not to lean on it too hard.

By: John Soares

John Soares — Mon, 26 Mar 2018 16:54:30 +0000

In reply to Lori. Identifying our biases is the first step in overcoming them!

By: Lori

Lori — Mon, 26 Mar 2018 16:31:38 +0000

Just world hypothesis, for sure. I’m constantly amazed by how wrong I am that the world is just. Then I get outraged by it. I spend a bit too much time trying to figure out why people would act any way other than fairly.

And I fight my own nature, which is the reactance bias. 😉