← Think Clearly: Logic & Critical Thinking
Subtler Mental Traps
Learn to spot the harder-to-notice fallacies and mental biases, so they don't quietly throw you off in everyday decisions and debates.
Unit 1
The Tricks That Are Harder to Spot
Unlike obvious nonsense, these traps wear a coat of "sounds reasonable," which makes them far easier to fall for.
- 1More FallaciesAppeal to emotion, ad hominem, false dilemma, and circular reasoning6 Q
- 2How Biases Quietly Skew Your JudgmentWhat confirmation bias and anchoring look like in everyday life6 Q
- 3Sunk Cost & Survivorship BiasMoney already spent shouldn't hijack the future, and looking only at success stories will lead you astray6 Q