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It's quite plausible that some of the most common fallacies might even deserve their own cognitive bias classifications, but it's certain that virtually all of them are the result of said cognitive biases. In many cases they're the result of complexes of cognitive biases. These complexes actually stem from the overall belief system of the brain in question, or rather the mindset.So far in my studies, I've gathered about 100 known cognitive biases, and researching them in the contexts of the critical mindset complexes -that I consider to be Political Bias, Nationalism Bias and the omnipotent Skeptinazi Bias- I've identified an average of 23 cognitive biases involved in the normal mindset behavior / thinking patterns of those social groups. Said cognitive biases, in the mindset of any involved, or even in deeper in cases of the unwitting (masses) proves to be a cognitive determinant that supercedes the mere logical fallacy in the chain of cognitive hierarchy.Also worth noting, yet somewhat out of context, is that this same large set of cognitive biases have the potential to affect literally every "normal" or "healthy" human being alive. These are a critical set of cognitive flaws of the brain that can be exploited (but this issue deserves it's own story…).There have been cognitive bias studies where an extra control group was given full explanations of the cognitive bias that was under the spotlight of the study. In virtually all cases it's been found that the educated control group still fell for the same cognitive bias snare. This may seem daunting, but that doesn't mean that virtually all people can't overcome them because a great deal of the physical structuring of the brain that occurs during long term memory storage happens during naps and sleep. It seems very plausible, based on my full spectrum brain / mind research, that the same control group wouldn't fall for the bias test so easily after learning about it, being stumped by it (trial and error; learn the hard way) and then have one or more nights for the brain to do its reconfiguring work during sleep.The mind is resistant to change (but practice does makes perfect), and then there's Motivated Reasoning. Motivated Reasoning is ultimately the overall model for these biased decision making mindsets that I further into sociological categorizations (Skeptinazi, Deep Nationalist, Political Party, etc Complexes).What's important to note here are these various cognitive dynamics and the fact that Skeptinazi's and the like are virtual slaves to maintaining their mindset. One fundamental reason is because memories and thought patterns are physical structures inside the brain. The longer they've "hardwired" themselves to the mindset(s) the more resistant and therefore more irrational they become in maintaining the ideal reality that they've chosen or more than likely have been indoctrinated with. Luckily for avoiding pessimism, said physical thought pattern structures in the brain can change thanks to neural "plasticity", however, one must understand these combined dynamics to have good hopes of truly overcoming them to achieve powers of actual free thought.In any case the Skeptinazi social group does typically have the upper hand in debates because the true Skeptinazi practically worships the logical fallacy list, and it is an important framework in understanding human thought and decision making like the other examples above.Now for the sake of the truth warriors I must lay out some choice historical examples that in their own right destroy the conspiracies don't exist ideal:-The DARPA / NASA / Google joint artificial intelligence system that is nothing of any sort of theory, but rather an absolute fact that involves 'public' websites.-American Imperialism, or "The First Truth": I can list dozen of examples of this and not even just where we were bamboozled into false beliefs of the event but events we never even knew about, many of which of become "true" thanks to mostly recent declassifications yet still few actually know about them (typically unless you directly search for info). We're not just talking the false reasons given for virtually every war or skirmish since the end of WW2, but actual overthrows of democratic governments to install military dictatorships. Countless tens of thousands, both military and corporate, involved with millions of innocent people dead. Perhaps hundreds of millions denied "freedom" or democracy. But the big story here isn't the empire itself, it's thethat very few Americans have ever even heard or considered the term.-The North American Union; that without Lou Dobbs there would be hardly any mainstream coverage of. Destruction of American sovereignty and nobody notices? Could this be a sort of statistic to represent this 'conspiracies don't exist' mentality? Probably mostly a representation of where the "interests" of our 'media' masters are focused, and how virtually the masses really know are shaped and prescribed by the elite.-Echelon: the worldwide spy system that has been in operation for roughly 3 decades and wasn't accepted as real until the White House itself finally leaked to the public roughly a year ago. This is a system that has involved tens of thousands of people including not just moles or other loyalists but people from every level from construction worker to US Presidents.-The Manhattan Project: not exactly a "conspiracy", yet a good example. This involved more than 130,000 people, yet according to Skeptinazi's "if more than 2 or 3 people know then everyone knows". There is nearly 300 million people in this country, all divided into over-competitive irrational fractions.-Nuremburg: The Nazi trials were unprecedented. The challenge was how to even approach building the case. The primary strategy and directive was to treat the entire thing as a conspiracy, and tying the defendants to said conspiracy was ultimately the primary means of convicting anyone.[edit on 27-3-2007 by IgnoranceIsntBlisss]