Yearsley, J. M. (n.d.). The Conjunction Fallacy. Vanderbilt University. https://my.vanderbilt.edu/jamesyearsley/quantum-cognition/the-conjunction-fallacy/. 

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Conspiracy theories sprout from ignorance and mistrust, preying on the illogical fallacies and fears of those who do not understand something. All kinds exist, but often they involve a distrust in the government and medicine. Conspirational thinking can also be linked to a cognitive bias called the “conjunction fallacy”.

- Conjunction Fallacy

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The Conjunction Fallacy: Vanderbilt University

A cognitive bias where people rate a specific outcome as more likely than a broad and general outcome. We assign a higher probability to an event of higher specificity, ignoring classical laws of probability.

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