Narrative fallacy
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The narrative fallacy addresses our limited ability to look at sequences of facts without weaving an explanation into them, or, equivalently, forcing a logical link, an arrow of relationship upon them. Explanations bind facts together. They make them all the more easily remembered; they help them make more sense. Where this propensity can go wrong is when it increases our impression of understanding.
—Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Black Swan
Blog posts
- Tell your Anti-Story by Robin Hanson
- The Bad Guy Bias by Robin Hanson
- Missing the Trees for the Forest by Yvain
- Why You're Stuck in a Narrative by hegemonicon
- Biases of Fiction by Robin Hanson
External Links
- Tyler Cowen on Stories (transcript)
- Systems and Stories by Katja Grace
- Living in the Epilogue: Social Policy as Palliative Care by Sister Y