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Outcome Satisfying Conjunction Fallacy Assumption Simultaneously Multiple Conditions

The conjunction fallacy mistakenly assumes an outcome satisfying multiple conditions is more probable than one satisfying a single condition.

Der Konjunktionstrugschluss nimmt fälschlicherweise an, dass ein Ergebnis, das mehrere Bedingungen gleichzeitig erfüllt, wahrscheinlicher ist als ein Ergebnis, das nur eine Bedingung erfüllt.

Fallacy Conjunction fallacy
Definition and Examples assumption that an outcome simultaneously satisfying multiple conditions is more probable than an outcome satisfying a single one of them.

Tags: fallacies, logic

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