We’re always pleased when our readers write to us with questions or comments that really make us think. Here, for example, is reader K.S., who writes: Perhaps it was intended facetiously, if so I ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about leveraging neuroscience to create remarkable leadership. Having a solid foundation in logic can enable you to make ...

To persuade you, people often try to use logical fallacies (Credit: Javier Hirschfeld) When people are trying to persuade you, they sometimes reach for underhand tricks like the 'appeal to ignorance' ...

Here at Snopes, we encounter our fair share of logical fallacies, or errors in reasoning that tend to be more persuasive than they really are, and are based on poor or faulty logic. Indeed, changing ...

As a marketer, I can tell you that logical fallacies are used in advertising all the time. You find them in a variety of messages that bombard you daily. As a matter of fact, you’re probably so used ...

The discourse of many of our politicians, media pundits and, most distressingly, the intellectual/academic community are symptomatic of a disturbing malaise of logical thought. Their discourse is ...

Logical people are typically less biased. It makes sense semantically, but I’m also referring to the research. Studies show that participants who score higher on measures of logical reasoning or who ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Travers writes about the world of psychology. Narcissists rely on these five ‘logical fallacies’ like a crutch. But, with a ...

We need science more than ever, yet many people find it hard to get accurate information about the scientific method and its achievements. Making things more difficult, their misconceptions about ...

When considering your argument or the arguments of others, writers and readers need to be aware of logical fallacies. Logical fallacies are found in many places—ads, politics, movies. Logical ...

Logical people are typically less biased. It makes sense semantically, but I’m also referring to the research. Studies show that participants who score higher on measures of logical reasoning or who ...