fallacies

plural of fallacy

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Noun
  • While most technology leaders have done their fair share to dispel these myths in favor of AI’s transformative potential, concerns of misinformation, security vulnerabilities and unpredictability still hum beneath the unstoppable swell of AI innovation.
    Monish Darda, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Without clear evidence, myths persist — and athletes hesitate.
    Starre Vartan, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Often, mental health experts see a change in delusions when new technologies are developed.
    Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • For an in-depth look at AI psychosis and especially the co-creation of delusions via human-AI collaboration, see my recent analysis at the link here.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Other discipline errors snowballed after that.
    Jesse Newell, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Alcaraz finished with 30 unforced errors, the same total as his opponent.
    Howard Fendrich, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Not even Trump can have any illusions now.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Eclipses bring truth to the surface, so don’t cling to illusions.
    Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 31 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The Astros won, which will test one of Espada’s season-long superstitions.
    Chandler Rome, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
  • This may be due to long-standing superstitions linking them with bad luck or witchcraft.
    Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
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“Fallacies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fallacies. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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