Why do we commit fallacies?
There are four main reasons:
Ignorance - when we do not realise that a particular form of reasoning is fallacious.
Laziness - when we have developed fixed habits of thinking and are too lazy to check the argument or see if it has supporting evidence.
Pride - when we prefer to hold simple beliefs rather than get bogged-down with confused details.
Prejudice - when we manufacture bad reasons in order to justify them (rationalisation)
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