plural of bandwagon fallacy

The misuse of games to model real-life situations.

plural of apex fallacy

The informal fallacy of evaluating a population based only on its apex, its best members.

plural of toupee fallacy

plural of toupée fallacy

(hyperforeign) Alternative spelling of toupee fallacy.

(logic) A form of selection bias in which a type of thing is judged to be of poor quality in general, caused by the fact that only poor quality instances of that thing are generally noticed.

The fallacy, most often believed by gamblers, that a past random event influences the outcome of a future random event, that is, that a run of even numbers at roulette means that there is a greater chance of an odd number next time.

A common error in logical reasoning where an effect is attributed to an incorrect cause because the basic statistical ratios have not been taken into account.