"The most stubborn prejudices are the ones we don't know we have."

This is the Aversive Racism.

https://moresapien.org/aversive-racism

#SelfDeception #Identity #SocialDynamics

Ever heard of the Illusory Truth Effect?

The more often we hear something, the more likely we are to believe it - regardless of whether it's true.

https://moresapien.org/illusory-truth-effect

#Misinformation #Propaganda #MediaLiteracy

Confirmation Bias

We seek out information that supports what we already believe, and ignore what doesn't.

https://moresapien.org/confirmation-bias

#Misinformation #SelfDeception #CriticalThinking

Your brain is playing tricks on you.

Loss Aversion: Losses hurt roughly twice as much as equivalent gains feel good.

https://moresapien.org/loss-aversion

"If someone keeps retreating to a position nobody disagrees with, ask yourself what position they're actually trying to advance."

This is the Motte-and-Bailey.

https://moresapien.org/motte-and-bailey

#BadFaith #Debate #Politics

Ever heard of the Whataboutism?

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

https://moresapien.org/whataboutism

#BadFaith #Debate #Politics

Bystander Effect

The more people who witness an emergency, the less likely any one person is to help.

https://moresapien.org/bystander-effect

Your brain is playing tricks on you.

Affect Heuristic: We make judgements based on our current emotions rather than objective analysis.

https://moresapien.org/affect-heuristic

#Emotion #DecisionMaking #Fear

"The road to hell isn't just paved with good intentions. It's paved with solutions that only looked at the problem from one direction."

This is the Unintended Consequences.

https://moresapien.org/unintended-consequences

Ever heard of the Post Hoc?

Assuming that because one thing followed another, the first thing caused the second.

https://moresapien.org/post-hoc

Moral Panic

Intense public fear about a perceived threat, amplified by media, disproportionate to the actual danger.

https://moresapien.org/moral-panic

Your brain is playing tricks on you.

Authority Bias: We give disproportionate weight to the opinions of people we perceive as authorities - even outside their expertise.

https://moresapien.org/authority-bias

#Persuasion #Misinformation #MediaLiteracy

"One raindrop is nothing. A lifetime of them will wear down stone."

This is the Microaggressions.

https://moresapien.org/microaggressions

#SocialDynamics #Identity #EverydayLife

Ever heard of the In-group/Out-group Bias?

We automatically trust people who seem like us and distrust people who don't.

https://moresapien.org/in-group-out-group-bias

#Identity #SocialDynamics #Politics

Second-Order Thinking

Asking 'and then what?' - looking beyond the immediate consequences to what happens next.

https://moresapien.org/second-order-thinking

#DecisionMaking #CriticalThinking #Politics

Your ego has a protection mechanism.

Denial: Refusing to accept reality because it's too threatening to process.

https://moresapien.org/denial

"Consistency isn't easy, but contradictions you refuse to notice will eventually be noticed by everyone else."

This is the Compartmentalisation.

https://moresapien.org/compartmentalisation

Ever heard of the False Dilemma?

When someone presents only two options, even though more exist.

https://moresapien.org/false-dilemma

#CriticalThinking #Debate #Politics

Tragedy of the Commons

When individuals acting in their own rational interest collectively destroy a shared resource.

https://moresapien.org/tragedy-of-the-commons

A bad-faith move to watch out for.

Source Laundering: Passing unreliable information through credible-looking channels until it appears legitimate.

https://moresapien.org/source-laundering

#Misinformation #Propaganda #MediaLiteracy

"Discomfort when your beliefs are challenged isn't a sign you're wrong - but the urge to make the discomfort disappear quickly usually is."

This is the Cognitive Dissonance.

https://moresapien.org/cognitive-dissonance

#SelfDeception #Ego #CriticalThinking

Ever heard of the Inversion?

Instead of asking how to succeed, ask how you would guarantee failure - then avoid those things.

https://moresapien.org/inversion

Firehose of Falsehood

Flooding the information space with so many lies, half-truths, and contradictions that people give up trying to figure out what's true.

https://moresapien.org/firehose-of-falsehood

#Propaganda #Misinformation #Politics

Someone's trying to frame the conversation.

False Balance: Presenting two sides as equally valid when the evidence overwhelmingly favours one.

https://moresapien.org/false-balance

"The most dangerous phrases aren't the ones that sound wrong. They're the ones that sound so right you stop thinking."

This is the Thought-Terminating Cliche.

https://moresapien.org/thought-terminating-cliche

Ever heard of the Just-World Fallacy?

The belief that people generally get what they deserve - that the world is fundamentally fair.

https://moresapien.org/just-world-fallacy

#SelfDeception #SocialDynamics #Politics

Gish Gallop

Overwhelming someone with a flood of arguments, regardless of their accuracy, so they can't possibly respond to them all.

https://moresapien.org/gish-gallop

#BadFaith #Debate #Misinformation