In recent years I have become more interested in the psychology of how people respond to weather information. Last month, severe storms moved through North Georgia. Trees were down all over the place, ...

Gambler’s fallacy is a common cognitive bias that affects decision-making, especially in areas like gambling, investing, and trading. In this article, we’ll strive to break things down by giving you a ...

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Logical fallacies are flaws in reasoning. They are often called informal fallacies. It's becoming more common for people to call out these fallacies by name. You often hear accusations of people ...

Logical fallacies are mistakes in arguments. For example, if someone says that something is better solely because it is more "natural," this is the appeal to nature fallacy. If someone presents two ...

You research and pick a stock that you believe will rise. It does exactly that. Then, just as suddenly, it starts falling. You hold on, certain the trend will reverse. It does not. The stock keeps ...