The theory that what is true for the individual is not necessarily true for everyone together, and what is true for everyone together does not necessarily hold for the individual.

A key Communist Party publication on Wednesday warned that a zealous pursuit of individual department policy goals, despite their good intentions to honour Beijing’s guidelines, could backfire and ...

The systematic investment plans (SIP) of mutual funds offer a path to stock ownership that’s good for individuals. Collectively, however, surging inflows had the bad effect of causing stock-price ...

Logical fallacies are flaws in reasoning. They are often called informal fallacies. It's becoming more common for people to call out these fallacies by name. You often hear accusations of people ...

To persuade you, people often try to use logical fallacies (Credit: Javier Hirschfeld) When people are trying to persuade you, they sometimes reach for underhand tricks like the 'appeal to ignorance' ...

Outsourcing and the fallacy of composition on facebook (opens in a new window) Outsourcing and the fallacy of composition on linkedin (opens in a new window) ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Travers writes about the world of psychology. Narcissists rely on these five ‘logical fallacies’ like a crutch. But, with a ...