Tag
belief
Entries tagged with belief - exploring this theme across cognitive biases, logical fallacies, mental models, and more.
5 concepts
Psychological Phenomenon
Apophenia
The tendency to perceive meaningful connections, patterns, or intentions in random or unrelated information.
Logical FallacyArgument from Ignorance
Claiming that something must be true because it hasn't been proven false, or false because it hasn't been proven true.
Psychological PhenomenonBackfire Effect
When correcting someone's false belief makes them believe it even more strongly.
Cultural InfluenceFalse Consciousness
Supporting systems that work against your own interests because the culture has made them feel natural and inevitable.
Psychological PhenomenonPareidolia
The tendency to see recognisable shapes - especially faces - in random patterns, clouds, textures, and noise.