Logical Fallacies & Cognitive Biases

36 popular logical fallacies, cognitive biases, and red herrings, ready to rubber-stamp your friends' messages!

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From the classic "Straw Man" to the insidious "Confirmation Bias," these fallacies are alphabetized and color-coded for your pedantic convenience.

Each sticker has a brief explanation right in the stamp. Teach them fallacies they never even heard of!

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20 OF THE FINEST LOGICAL FALLACIES

Affirming the Consequent - A Proves B ≠ B Proves A
Anecdotal Fallacy - Isolated Examples
Argument from Ignorance - Unproven ≠ False
Cherry Picking - Ignoring Contrary Cases
Circular Reasoning - Begging the Question
Denying the Antecedent - A Proves B ≠ Not-A Proves Not-B
Equivocation - Same Word, Different Meanings
Existential Fallacy - Assuming Existence
Fallacy of the Single Cause - May Be Multiple Causes
False Analogy - Comparison Does Not Fit
False Compromise - Middle Option Not Always Right
False Dichotomy - More than Two Options
Insufficient Evidence - Jumping to Conclusions
Kettle Logic - Arguments Contradict Each Other
Moving the Goalposts - Argument Already Countered
Perfect Solution Fallacy - Perfect Option May Not Exist
Post Hoc Fallacy - Correlation ≠ Causation
Proof by Assertion - Proven Wrong, Repeated Anyway
Special Pleading - Unjustified Exception
Wrong Direction - Reversed Cause and Effect

4 CROWD-PLEASING COGNITIVE BIASES

Backfire Effect - Belief Strengthened as Disproven
Clustering Illusion - Seeing Patterns in Randomness
Confirmation Bias - Seeing What You Expect
Negativity Bias - Remembering Bad Cases More

12 HAND-SELECTED RED HERRINGS

Ad Baculum - Persuasion by Threat
Ad Hominem - Attacking the Person
Ad Populum - The Majority Can Be Wrong
Appeal to Authority - Even Authorities Need Proof
Appeal to Emotion - Manipulation, Not Reason
Appeal to Tradition - Not Questioning the Past
Association Fallacy - Shared Traits ≠ The Same Thing
Chewbacca Defense - Meaningless Distraction
Ignoratio Elenchi - Maybe True but Irrelevant
Moralistic Fallacy - What Should Be ≠ What Is
Naturalistic Fallacy - What Is ≠ What Should Be
Straw Man Fallacy - Inventing a False Target

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