fallacy

Our brains get mired in the throes of the fallacy when we feel we can’t do what we really want, simply because we’ve already invested so much in what we currently have.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

"This is the sunk cost fallacy," he said, adding that "it keeps the addictive behaviour loop".

From Barron's ● May 31, 2026

The sunk-cost fallacy tempts people to pay escalating premiums because they’ve paid in for so long.

From MarketWatch ● May 6, 2026

“This crisis is not a fallacy nor a thinly veiled threat.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 15, 2026

And contrary to countless barroom conversations, the law of large numbers doesn’t imply the gambler’s fallacy: that a head is more likely after a string of tails.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

Even neomercantilists have a little point buried in a heap of fallacies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2025

“One of the fallacies is that this is only targeting Latinos. If you look at the Vietnamese, Cambodian, Hmong, Chinese, even Japanese communities, they’re being picked up right in court.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2025

So placing that art outside time, or concocting fallacies about its artist’s intentions, has the potential to skew our perception of the art moving forward.

From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2024

Solicitor General, argued that if jurors pay attention to Blanche’s legal arguments, rather than his objectionable attacks on witness credibility, they would spot a number of fallacies.

From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2024

It can conceal a dozen fallacies at once.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin