fallacy

Anything less would be a fallacy, a dream of a world that we don’t, and might never, live in.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

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

Fossils, for example, and whether their existence disproved the Book of Genesis; Brother Mendel’s experiments on the sexual reproduction of the sweet pea; the fallacy of laudable pus.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

In part, this is a response to the fallacies of narrative, or at least of narratives that are imposed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

I’m not alleging that Mr. Pelley deploys these fallacies consciously and with self-awareness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026

The jury for her joint trial with Sollecito was never sequestered, guaranteeing the barrage of outrageous fallacies surrounding the proceedings tainted their judgment.

From Salon ● Aug. 20, 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

It can conceal a dozen fallacies at once.

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