The logic is post hoc ergo propter hoc.

这个逻辑完全是个谬误。

This quirk is called the sunk cost fallacy.

这种怪癖被称为“沉没成本谬误”。

That’s Dr Catherine Loveday. So what’s a fallacy, Alice?

上述是凯瑟琳·洛芙迪博士教授的观点。那什么是谬误呢？

The challenge here is that it's easy to be seduced into the baseline fallacy.

但这很容易会导致基线谬误。

But this ties into a psychological phenomenon known as the sun cost fallacy.

这到个心理学概念：沉没成本谬误。

But hate is a very slippery slope.

但憎恨心理是种滑坡谬误。

Hot hand fallacy is the concept of streaks.

热手谬误是关于手气的概念。

The search for facts can sometimes lead to fiction.

在对大脑的认识过程中会混杂些谬误。

And then there's also this fallacy of correlation that our brain assumes is causation.

还有种相互关联的谬误，我们的大脑认为这是因果关系。

The conjunction fallacy isn’t just a problem in hypothetical situations.

合取谬误并不只是在 假设情境中才会发生的问题。

Conspiracy theories and false news stories often rely on a version of the conjunction fallacy to seem credible — the more resonant details are added to an outlandish story, the more plausible it begins to seem.

阴虚假新闻通常仗着个合取谬误的版本，使之看似看信——在个奇特故事中加入越是与我们直觉相互呼应的细节，会使这个故事看起来更加真实。

The Sunk Cost Fallacy We stay because we have already been here for so long: because it's already far too late, given that we're 21, or 39 or 104.

沉没成本谬误我们之所以留下来，是因为我们已经在这段关系中待了太久：因为我们已经 21 岁、39 岁或 104 岁，似乎已经太迟了。

Indeed, President Kennedy chose to speak of such matters at Yale " because of the self-evident truth that a great university is always enlisted against the spread of illusion and on the side of reality."

实际上，肯尼迪总统选择在耶鲁大学谈这些问题，“是因为个不言而喻的事实——所伟大的大学总是会选择站在传播谬误的对立面，而真相站在边。”

Their books or songs may be touching and wise, but (in the parlance of criticism) it is a biographical fallacy to assume that the work reflects an artist's life or beliefs.

他们的书或歌曲可能充满智慧且感人至深，但认为作品反映了艺术家的生活或信仰是种传记性谬误(用批评家的话来说)。

It is very comforting in times of stress to go back to the fairy tales we heard as children, but it doesn't make them less false.”

在艰难时期回归我们在孩提时代听到的神话故事是非常令人欣慰的。但是，这并不能减少它们的谬误。”

Pathetic fallacy is where the weather reflects the mood of a piece of literature to encourage the reader to connect and empathize with what's happening here.

悲情谬误是指天气反映了篇文学作品的情绪，以鼓励读者与这里发生的事情产生共鸣。

And because of the popularity of facial hair, believe it or not, there are a lot of misunderstandings that come along with it.

由于胡子形状的普及，不管你信不信，这其中有很多谬误。

Furthermore, they need not remain true to their etymological roots, a belief known to linguists as the " etymological fallacy" .

此外，它们不必忠于词源学的根源，语言学家将这种认知称为“词源学谬误”。

To test the sunk cost fallacy, economists Hal Arkes and Catherine Blumer came up with an experiment using theater season tickets.

为了检验沉没成本谬误，经济学家哈尔·阿克斯（Hal Arkes）凯瑟琳·布鲁默（Catherine Blumer）想出了个使用剧院季票的实验。

" No, that is the great fallacy; the wisdom of old men. They do not grow wise. They grow careful" .

" 不，那是最大的谬误，说什么老人富有智慧。 人老了并不会越来越聪明。 只是越来越小心罢了。"