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[[File:Cognitive dissonance.jpg|alt=NASA monkey|thumb|'''Figure 1.''' Sometimes the right choice is the painful choice.]] | [[File:Cognitive dissonance.jpg|alt=NASA monkey|thumb|'''Figure 1.''' Sometimes the right choice is the painful choice.]] | ||
'''Even though confronted with rational arguments (See Figure 1) humans often persist in holding on to irrational thoughts as confronting long-held beliefs causes [[cognitive dissonance]] (a type of emotional pain).''' | '''Even though confronted with rational arguments (See Figure 1) humans often persist in holding on to irrational thoughts as confronting long-held beliefs causes [[cognitive dissonance]] (a type of emotional pain).''' Even if this pain can be overcome, specific logical fallacies, or flaws in reasoning, can hold the irrational thought inplace, the most common of which are: | ||
* [[Anecdotal Evidence Fallacy|'''Anecdotal Evidence''']] - the tendency for people to use | * [[Anecdotal Evidence Fallacy|'''Anecdotal Evidence''']] - the tendency for people to use easily found data opposed to robust data. | ||
* [[The Arrival Fallacy|Arrival]] | * [[The Arrival Fallacy|'''Arrival''']] - people tend to fixate on the destination not the journey. | ||
* Straw Man | * Straw Man | ||
* Bandwagon | * Bandwagon | ||