I randomly found these two categories on Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Logical_fallacies
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Cognitive_biases

There’s a lot of really great reading in there, and in fact I feel like *everyone* should read all of them. Especially the logical fallacies. I mean, wow, how much better would the world be if people were less swayed by emotional manipulation? And if everyone were more aware of their own biases?

I also came across a good explanation of the Monty Hall problem while skimming the Gambler’s fallacy.

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One Response to “Logical Fallacies and Cognitive Biases”

1. jamie Says:
   21 Apr 2006 at 14:56

   yeah, year’s ago i started reading up on fallacies and found that it made dealing with office politics so much easier… a good exercise, geeky I know, would be to actually watch “the office” and point out the different types of fallacies you hear…

   J

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