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Error in numerical data
False precision (also called overprecision, fake precision, misplaced precision, excess precision, and spurious precision) occurs when numerical data
False_precision
Pattern-recognition performance metrics
cats (false positives). Seven dogs were missed (false negatives), and seven cats were correctly excluded (true negatives). The program's precision is then
Precision_and_recall
Measures of observational error
Accuracy and precision are measures of observational error; accuracy is how close a given set of measurements is to the true value and precision is how close
Accuracy_and_precision
Digit necessary to represent a quantity
conveying a misleading level of precision, numbers are often rounded. For instance, it would create false precision to present a measurement as 12345
Significant_figures
Logic error due to ignoring the base rate
test results than true positives (this means the classifier has a low precision). For example, if a facial recognition camera can identify wanted criminals
Base_rate_fallacy
Logical fallacy of inconsistency
false equivalence or false equivalency is an informal fallacy in which an equivalence is drawn between two subjects based on flawed, faulty, or false
False_equivalence
Parable by French economist Frédéric Bastiat
say, disciples of good M. F. Chamans, who has calculated with so much precision how much trade would gain by the burning of Paris, from the number of
Parable_of_the_broken_window
Logical fallacy
it is an "appeal to the common man". When the source of the claim is a false authority, such as when the supposed authority is not a real expert, or
Argument_from_authority
Informal fallacy involving falsely limited alternatives
A false dilemma, also referred to as false dichotomy or false binary, is an informal fallacy based on a premise that erroneously limits what options are
False_dilemma
insufficiently supported, or otherwise inadequate without making its conclusion false. A formal fallacy, or non sequitur, is an error in the argument's form.
List_of_fallacies
Logical paradox from vague predicates
and v ′ ( L p ) = False {\displaystyle v'(L\;p)={\text{False}}} . So L p {\displaystyle L\;p} is neither super-true nor super-false. However, the tautology
Sorites_paradox
Internet rage incitement technique
purely for strategic effect. An example is a December 2018 advertisement falsely claiming that two-thirds of people wanted Santa Claus to be female or gender-neutral
Rage-baiting
Informal logical fallacy
simply the opposite of 'verifies'; and it therefore means 'shows to be false'.) Allowing that this is indeed such a counter example, he ought to withdraw;
No_true_Scotsman
Informal fallacy that the truth is always a compromise
Argument to moderation (Latin: argumentum ad temperantiam)—also known as the false compromise, argument from middle ground, fallacy of gray, middle ground
Argument_to_moderation
Annual ranking of American colleges and universities
gamesmanship by institutions looking to improve their rank, imply a false precision by deriving an ordinal ranking from questionable data, contribute to
U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges Ranking
U.S._News_&_World_Report_Best_Colleges_Ranking
Fallacious approach to mislead an audience
logical fallacy or a literary device that leads readers or audiences toward a false conclusion. A red herring may be used intentionally, as in mystery fiction
Red_herring
Type of informal fallacy
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Motte-and-bailey_fallacy
Type of fallacious argument (logical fallacy)
argument form is with a counterexample with true premises but an obviously false conclusion. For example: If someone lives in San Diego, then they live in
Affirming_the_consequent
Attacking the person rather than their argument
on the inability of the audience to have a clear view of the amount of false statements by both parts of the debate. Walton has argued that ad hominem
Ad_hominem
Form of incorrect argument and informal fallacy
proposition (i.e., "stand up a straw man") and the subsequent refutation of that false argument ("knock down a straw man"), instead of the opponent's proposition
Straw_man
Informal fallacy
ignorance, is an informal fallacy where something is claimed to be true or false because of a lack of evidence to the contrary. The fallacy is committed
Argument_from_ignorance
Fallacy regarding hypocrisy
past claims are inconsistent with the truth of claim X. Therefore, X is false. For example: Alice: Smoking is associated with chronic health disorders
Tu_quoque
Exclusive reliance on quantitative observations in decision-making
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McNamara_fallacy
Conclusion made on the basis of one or few instances of a phenomenon
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Faulty_generalization
Physical quantity of hot and cold
rounded to 273 K to avoid false precision in the Celsius value. E The 273.15 K difference between K and °C is within the precision of these values. F For
Temperature
Internet adage about Nazi comparisons
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Godwin's_law
Rhetorical tactic and potential fallacy
Prometheus Books. ISBN 978-1-57392-239-5. Gavura, Scott (13 February 2014). "False "balance" on influenza with an appeal to nature". Science-Based Medicine
Appeal_to_nature
Management attitude for innovation or development
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Not_invented_here
Fallacy of treating an abstraction as if it were a real thing
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Reification_(fallacy)
Type of trolling or harassment
maneuver of sealioning is the "Just Asking Questions" tactic, which frames false or misleading statements in the form of questions. Sealioning has been described
Sealioning
Fallacy of assumption of causation based on sequence of events
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Post_hoc_ergo_propter_hoc
Logic founded on unproven premises
the false reasoner, one is not just pointing out a tactical psychological misjudgment by the questioner. It is not simply that the questioner falsely thought
Begging_the_question
Overused, unoriginal phrase or opinion
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Cliché
Unclear communication
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Obfuscation
Logical fallacy in which the conclusion provides the premise
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Circular_reasoning
Credit for a work given to the wrong person
False attribution may refer to: Misattribution in general, when a quotation or work is accidentally, traditionally, or based on bad information attributed
False_attribution
Logical reasoning method
used by the teleological argument would seem to agree with polytheism. A false analogy is an informal fallacy, or a faulty instance, of the argument from
Argument_from_analogy
Misleading use of a term with multiple meanings
linguistic misconception Evasion (ethics): Tell the truth while deceiving False equivalence: Fallacy based on flawed reasoning If-by-whiskey: An example
Equivocation
Informal logical fallacy
is a fallacy in informal logic. It asserts that a proposition must be false because it contradicts one's personal expectations or beliefs, or is difficult
Argument_from_incredulity
Statistical fallacy
effect might appear to be highly effective in twins, simply by virtue of the false positives clustering around that subgroup. The researcher did not set out
Texas_sharpshooter_fallacy
Idea that everyone faces consequence as they deserve
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Just-world_fallacy
Faulty deductive reasoning due to a logical flaw
valid logical form and yet be unsound because one or more premises are false. An argument can be both a formal fallacy and an informal fallacy. In everyday
Formal_fallacy
Discussion that has continued to the point of nausea
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Ad_nauseam
Formal fallacy
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Association_fallacy
Question containing an unjustified assumption
parental correction". Barber paradox Complex question Entailment (pragmatics) False dilemma Gotcha journalism Implicature Leading question Presupposition Suggestive
Loaded_question
Statistical measure of a binary classification
accuracy profile Discrimination (information) False positive paradox Hypothesis tests for accuracy Precision and recall Receiver operating characteristic
Sensitivity_and_specificity
Informal fallacy and propaganda strategy
justify themselves by pointing to the similar behaviour (which may be true or false, but irrelevant) of their opponent or another party who is not the current
Whataboutism
Type of informal fallacy
"argument" has the following form: Unfavorable information (be it true or false) about person A is presented by another. Example: "Before you listen to
Poisoning_the_well
Fallacy of claiming the majority is always correct
is true or false. Y = most people, a given quantity of people, people of a particular demographic. X = a statement that can be true or false. Examples:
Argumentum_ad_populum
Fallacy of inferring on the whole from a part
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Fallacy_of_composition
Attempt to persuade or to determine the truth of a conclusion
may have false premises that render it inconclusive: the conclusion of a valid argument with one or more false premises may be true or false. Logic seeks
Argument
22 April 2015 published comment in Nature
qualitative judgement of their portfolio. Avoid misplaced concreteness and false precision. Use of scientific indicators may precede strong assumptions that are
Leiden Manifesto for Research Metrics
Leiden_Manifesto_for_Research_Metrics
Methods of mind manipulation, often based on logical fallacies
they actually ate 7 or 8 would be considered an exaggeration. False accusations A false accusation is a claim or allegation of wrongdoing that is untrue
Propaganda_techniques
Formal fallacy in statistical interpretation
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Ecological_fallacy
Psychological defense mechanism
prompted him to commit, are generally dressed out and painted with all the false beauties [color] which, a soft and flattering hand can give them". According
Rationalization_(psychology)
Mistakenly drawing statistical inference from independent events
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Gambler's_fallacy
Logical fallacy
The questionable cause—also known as causal fallacy, false cause, or non causa pro causa ("non-cause for cause" in Latin)—is a category of informal fallacies
Questionable_cause
Logical fallacy
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Reductio_ad_Hitlerum
Measures the relative position of nations' and regions' peacefulness
infrastructure to collect accurate statistics on the measured indicators. False statistical precision and ranking artefacts: The GPI reports scores to three decimal
Global_Peace_Index
Fallacy of incomplete evidence
the tree's fruit is in a likewise good condition. This can also give a false impression of the quality of the fruit (since it is only a sample and is
Cherry_picking
Distraction technique and anti-debate tactic
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Tone_policing
Formal fallacy, aka Linda Problem
true statement false, but cannot make false statements true: If A is true, then A ∧ B {\displaystyle A\land B} might be false (if B is false). However, if
Conjunction_fallacy
warranted in order to elicit unwarranted confidence in a claim, known as false precision. The bias has been observed to affect judgement across many real-world
Precision_bias
Type of fallacy in modal logic
respectively), meaning that it is necessary that it is true or false; or it could be possibly true or false (denoted ⋄ P {\displaystyle \diamond P} and ⋄ ¬ P {\displaystyle
Modal_fallacy
Rhetorical argument
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Slippery_slope
Metaphor originating from goal sports
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Moving_the_goalposts
Argument that uses faulty reasoning
context in which they are made. A fallacy does not necessarily lead to a false conclusion: it may accidentally be a result of invalid reasoning. An example
Fallacy
Evidence relying on personal testimony
confusion due to its varied interpretations. Anecdotal evidence can be true or false but is not usually subjected to scholarly methods, scientific methods, or
Anecdotal_evidence
Cognitive bias of experimental subject
statistics, collecting more independent measurements will improve the precision of estimates, thus decreasing bias. However, this assumes that the measurements
Observer-expectancy_effect
Fallacy that since an argument contains a logical fallacy, its conclusion must be false
and inferring that, since it contains a fallacy, its conclusion must be false. It is also called argument to logic (argumentum ad logicam), the fallacy
Argument_from_fallacy
Source of error in numerical mathematics
example of false precision, which is artificial precision specifically of numerical quantities or measures. false precision accuracy and precision significant
Artificial_precision
Logical fallacy
argument form is with an example that has true premises but an obviously false conclusion. For example: If you are a ski instructor, then you have a job
Denying_the_antecedent
Fallacy
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Fallacy_of_division
Purported fallacy in explaining good reductively
statements that purport to be about facts regardless of whether they are true or false, used simply as opposed to normative statements) about specific differences
Naturalistic_fallacy
Form of incorrect argument in natural language
the fallacy of amphiboly, the fallacies of composition and division, the false dilemma, the fallacy of begging the question, the ad hominem fallacy and
Informal_fallacy
Fallacy where validity is determined by origin
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Genetic_fallacy
2025 mid-air collision over Washington, D.C.
Geographic coordinates are presented here to only a precision of one second to avoid false precision. American Eagle is a brand name used by American Airlines
2025 Potomac River mid-air collision
2025_Potomac_River_mid-air_collision
Apparent, but false, correlation between causally-independent variables
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Spurious_relationship
Logical fallacy
as specious reasoning, making promises that were later established to be false or impossible to fulfill. One such promise was that emblazoned on the side
Specious_reasoning
Refutation of a logical fallacy
argument is flawed does not necessarily imply that the resulting conclusion is false. Statistical methods have been proposed that use correlation as the basis
Correlation does not imply causation
Correlation_does_not_imply_causation
Informal logical fallacy
that the statements being presented by the fallacious argument are true or false, respectively. The power of emotions to influence judgment, including political
Appeal_to_emotion
without any rounding. Taking these numbers at face value would be false precision; in spite of being stated to four, seven, or even ten digits, they
Estimates of historical world population
Estimates_of_historical_world_population
Type of informal fallacy
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Irrelevant_conclusion
Rhetorical device or literal parade with grotesque costumes
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Parade_of_horribles
Threat of force to make a conclusion accepted
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Argumentum_ad_baculum
Logical fallacy
The package-deal fallacy (also known as false conjunction) is the logical fallacy of assuming that things often grouped together by tradition or culture
Package-deal_fallacy
Informal fallacy
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Special_pleading
Type of uncertainty of meaning where several interpretations are possible
fuzzy, so it is difficult to specify the meaning at the desired level of precision. Lexical ambiguity is contrasted with semantic ambiguity.[citation needed]
Ambiguity
Assertion without proof
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Ipse_dixit
Expressions for approximation accuracy
Orders of approximation Scale analysis Big O notation Curve fitting False precision Significant figures Other fundamentals Approximation Generalization
Order_of_approximation
Type of logical fallacy
presumption or condescension. The Bulverist presumes that a speaker's argument is false or invalid and then explains why the speaker made that argument (even if
Bulverism
Assumption of a single cause where multiple factors may be necessary
also contributed to Y.) Causal oversimplification is a specific kind of false dilemma where conjoint possibilities are ignored. In other words, the possible
Fallacy_of_the_single_cause
Mathematical use of "for all" and "there exists"
number s such that for every natural number n, s = n2. This is clearly false; it asserts that there is a single natural number s that is the square of
Quantifier_(logic)
Distortion or fabrication of feminist arguments
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Straw_feminism
Formal fallacy that occurs when a syllogism has four (or more) terms
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Fallacy_of_four_terms
Informal fallacy in comparing actualities with ideals
closely related concept is the "perfect solution fallacy". By creating a false dichotomy that presents one option which is obviously advantageous—while
Nirvana_fallacy
Type of informal fallacy
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Double-barreled_question
Formal fallacy about knowledge of objects
fallacy (also known as the intensional fallacy or epistemic fallacy) is the false assumption that knowledge or a belief about an object (an intension) can
Masked-man_fallacy
Logical fallacy
to create support for the speaker's proposal, namely P. Also, often the false dilemma fallacy is involved, suggesting Q is the proposed idea's sole alternative
Appeal_to_fear
Bias in the sampling of a population
populations in many of its nationwide surveys in order to gain sufficient precision for estimates within these groups. These surveys require the use of sample
Sampling_bias
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Male
Greek
(ΒαÏιησοÏ) Greek form of Aramaic Bar-Yesu, BARIESOU means "son of Jesus." In the New Testament bible, this is the name of a false prophet.
Female
English
Anglicized form of Hebrew Ashtarowth, ASHTAROTH means "star." In the bible, this is the name applied to false goddesses in the Canaanite religion, usually related to a fertility cult. It is also the name of a city in Bashan east of the Jordan given to Manasseh.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English hals ‘neck’ (Old English h(e)als). This was a nickname for a man with a long neck or for a conspicuous sufferer from goiter (a common affliction in medieval times).English (Devon) : topographic name denoting someone living on a neck of land (from Middle English atte halse ‘at the neck’), or a habitational name from either of two places in Devon and Somerset named Halse, from this word. To a lesser extent Halse in Northamptonshire, named from Old English hals + hÅh ‘ridge’, may also have contributed to the surname.Norwegian : habitational name from any of three farmsteads in the county of Møre og Romsdal. The farmsteads are so named from the Old Norse dative singular of hals ‘neck’, referring to a neck of land, or a ridge between two valleys.
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Ashtaroth, ASTAROTH means "star." In the bible, this is the name applied to false goddesses in the Canaanite religion, usually related to a fertility cult. It is also the name of a city in Bashan east of the Jordan given to Manasseh.
Boy/Male
German
Surname relating to falconry.
Female
Hebrew
(עַש×ְתְּרï‹×ª) Hebrew name, ASHTAROWTH means "star." In the bible, this is the name applied to false goddesses in the Canaanite religion, usually related to a fertility cult. It is also the name of a city in Bashan east of the Jordan given to Manasseh.
Boy/Male
Danish, German
Relating to Falconry; Falconer
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Indian, Kannada
The False Pride
Male
English
Anglicized form of Greek Bariesou, BAR-JESUS means "son of Jesus." In the New Testament bible, this is the name of a false prophet.
Boy/Male
Polynesian
House.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish (of Norman origin)
English and Scottish (of Norman origin) : habitational name, a variant of Vaux.English and Scottish (of Norman origin) : There are a number of early English examples of the name with articles rather than prepositions, which Reaney explains as being from a southern form of Middle English faus ‘false’, ‘untrustworthy’ (late Old English fals, from Latin falsus, reinforced by Old French fals, faus from the same source).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Batchelor, altered by false association with elder.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Durmada | தà¯à®°à¯à®®à®¤à®¾
The false pride
Durmada | தà¯à®°à¯à®®à®¤à®¾
Boy/Male
Hindu
The false pride
Boy/Male
Bengali, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Sanskrit, Telugu
False Pride; Illusion
Biblical
idols; masters; false gods
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a patch of fallow land, Middle English falwe (Old English f(e)alg). This word was used to denote both land left uncultivated for a time to recover its fertility and land recently brought into cultivation.The name is also borne by Ashkenazic Jews, as an Americanized form of one or more like-sounding Jewish surnames.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Vauxhall, habitational name from a place in Surrey so called, on the south bank of the River Thames, now part of Greater London. This was named in the 13th century as Faukeshalle ‘the Hall of Fauke’, a reference to Baron Falke de Breaulté, who was granted the manor by King John in 1233. This was the site of a famous pleasure garden frequented by 18th-century Londoners.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English, Old French palmer, paumer (from palme, paume ‘palm tree’, Latin palma), a nickname for someone who had been on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Such pilgrims generally brought back a palm branch as proof that they had actually made the journey, but there was a vigorous trade in false souvenirs, and the term also came to be applied to a cleric who sold indulgences.Swedish (Palmér) : ornamental name formed with palm ‘palm tree’ + the suffix -ér, from Latin -erius ‘descendant of’.Irish : when not truly of English origin (see 1 above), a surname adopted by bearers of Gaelic Ó Maolfhoghmhair (see Milford) perhaps because they were from an ecclesiastical family.German : topographic name for someone living among pussy willows (see Palm 2).German : from the personal name Palm (see Palm 3).
Boy/Male
Biblical
Idols; masters; false gods.
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Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Telugu
Lord Vishnu
Male
Slavic
(ВелеÑÑŠ) Variant form of Slavic Volos, VELES means "ox." In mythology, this is the name of a god of the earth, underworld, dragons, cattle, magic and trickery. He is an enemy of Perun and is described as being horned and serpentine.Â
Boy/Male
German American English
Powerful ruler.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Rajshree | ராஜஷà¯à®°à¯€
Sage like king
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Rescue; Salvation; Deliverance
Boy/Male
Hindu
One who wins the fire
Boy/Male
English
River ford near a cliff.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Musto.
Boy/Male
Irish
Blond.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Marathi, Sanskrit
Full of Brightness
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superl.
Not in tune.
a.
Making a false appearance; unreal; false; as, pretended friend.
superl.
Not genuine or real; assumed or designed to deceive; counterfeit; hypocritical; as, false tears; false modesty; false colors; false jewelry.
a.
Deceiving by false show; deceitful; deceptive; false; illusory; unreal.
n.
False optics.
v.
False swearing.
a.
False-hearted.
a.
To mislead by want of truth; to deceive.
superl.
Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
superl.
Uttering falsehood; unveracious; given to deceit; dishnest; as, a false witness.
a.
To betray; to falsify.
superl.
Not according with truth or reality; not true; fitted or likely to deceive or disappoint; as, a false statement.
a.
To report falsely; to falsify.
a.
To feign; to pretend to make.
superl.
Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous; perfidious; as, a false friend, lover, or subject; false to promises.
adv.
Not truly; not honestly; falsely.
n.
False religion.
a.
False; specious; counterfeit.
superl.
Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous; as, a false claim; a false conclusion; a false construction in grammar.
a.
Faitless; false; treacherous.