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14 September 2010
You are not so smart is a blog dedicated to explaining self-delusions. The most recent post is on the Texas sharpshooter fallacy:
The Misconception: You take randomness into account when determining cause and effect.
The Truth: You tend to ignore random chance when the results seem meaningful or when you want a random event to have a meaningful cause.
Posted by Matt Blackwell at 6:33 PM