Tag

bad faith

Entries tagged with bad faith - exploring this theme across cognitive biases, logical fallacies, mental models, and more.

8 concepts

Ad Hominem

Attacking the person making the argument instead of the argument itself.

Disguising hostile opposition as caring advice to undermine a cause from within.

Manipulating someone into doubting their own perception, memory, or sanity.

Defending a controversial claim by retreating to an uncontroversial one, then acting as if they are the same thing.

Introducing an irrelevant topic to divert attention from the original issue.

Disguising harassment as polite, persistent requests for evidence and debate that are never made in good faith.

Misrepresenting someone's argument to make it easier to attack.

Responding to a criticism by pointing to someone else's wrongdoing instead of addressing the original point.