The misuse of games to model real-life situations.

(logic) A form of selection bias in which a type of thing is judged to be of poor quality in general, caused by the fact that only poor quality instances of that thing are generally noticed.

(hyperforeign) Alternative spelling of toupee fallacy.

A common error in logical reasoning where an effect is attributed to an incorrect cause because the basic statistical ratios have not been taken into account.

The fallacy, most often believed by gamblers, that a past random event influences the outcome of a future random event, that is, that a run of even numbers at roulette means that there is a greater chance of an odd number next time.

A fallacy of inferring that since one knows (or does not know) something by one description, one must know (or not know) it by another, as in "I know who my father is. I do not know who the masked man is. Therefore, my father is not the masked man."

The logical fallacy of attempting to retain an unreasoned assertion by excluding the case given in a counterexample, as in: "No Scotsman puts sugar on his porridge." "I am Scottish, and I put sugar on my porridge." "Well, no true Scotsman puts sugar on his porridge."

The phenomenon where somebody justifies an increased investment of money or other resources based on the cumulative prior investment (the sunk costs), despite new evidence suggesting that the cost of continuing now outweighs the expected benefit.

The fallacy of ignoring differences in data while stressing the similarities.

Synonym of just-world hypothesis