We’re always pleased when our readers write to us with questions or comments that really make us think. Here, for example, is reader K.S., who writes: Perhaps it was intended facetiously, if so I ...

Speak like an insider! Welcome to Snopestionary, where we’ll define a term or piece of fact-checking lingo that we use on the Snopes team. Have a term you want us to explain? Let us know. The red ...

Cognitive distortions, unconscious bias, cognitive bias, implicit bias, logical fallacies: you probably heard most or all of these terms. They can get really confusing if you don’t know the difference ...

Logical fallacy is defined by Oxford English Dictionary as “a failure in reasoning which renders an argument invalid.” Contrary to the title, I’m not writing this because I want to give an English ...

People often ask me how they can avoid misinformation. I wish there was an easy answer, but effectively avoiding misinformation means reevaluating our relationship with information. The perpetuation ...

In simple terms, a logical fallacy is a flaw in reasoning that weakens your argument; you’ve drawn a conclusion based on ...