| Name | Description | Example |
| Wishful thinking | Choosing to believe something is true because we really want it to be true, instead of relying on scientific evidence. | “Forget climate model predictions of warming, I think we’re about to experience global cooling.” |
Learn more about the fallacies in this graphics category in the blog post A history of FLICC: the 5 techniques of science denial
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