Narrative fallacy
From Lesswrongwiki
The narrative fallacy addresses our limited ability to look at sequences of facts without weaving an explanation into them, or, equivalently, forcing a logical link, an arrow of relationship upon them. Explanations bind facts together. They make them all the more easily remembered; they help them make more sense. Where this propensity can go wrong is when it increases our impression of understanding.
—Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Black Swan
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See also
- Privileging the hypothesis, Positive bias
- Mind-killer
- Near/far thinking
- Hindsight bias
- Fake simplicity
