Fallacy icon - Reinterpreting randomness

Name Description Example
Re-interpreting randomness Believing that nothing occurs by accident, so that random events are re-interpreted as being caused by the conspiracy. “NASA’s satellite exploded? They must be trying to hide inconvenient data!”

Learn more about the fallacies in this graphics category in the blog post A history of FLICC: the 5 techniques of science denial

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German definition (Zufälligkeiten uminterpretieren)

Dutch definition (Toeval herinterpreteren)


 


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