A field guide to the ways reasoning breaks
Emotional pressure
Also called Argumentum ad consequentiam
Judging a claim true or false by whether its implications are pleasant.
If that theory were true it would be terrible, so it is false.
Distinguish what is true from what would be convenient. Reality does not consult us.
From the Latin 'argumentum ad consequentiam', 'argument to the consequence'. Logicians flagged the move of judging a claim's truth by the pleasantness of its implications, since reality is under no obligation to flatter our preferences.
If burnout is really caused by workload, we'd have to redesign the whole team structure — so it must be a resilience problem.
The diagnosis can't be hereditary; that would mean my kids are at risk, and I refuse to believe that.
If rental prices track supply and demand, our favorite housing policy is useless, so the economics must be wrong.
Admitting the campaign failed means the minister resigns tomorrow, therefore the campaign succeeded.