Attacks your logic

Cherry-picking

They show only the evidence that helps them.

The first tell

You feel half-informed. That feeling arrives before you can name the move.

What it sounds like

A fund ad shows its three best years and no others.

Say back

What do the other years look like?

If they push

Those were unusual years. They don't count.

Then show me all of them and I'll judge that myself.

How this family is disarmed

Restate the real claim, add the missing options, or ask for the missing step.

See it in dating and at work

Context packs show this tactic in the settings where it does the most damage, and let you drill it against a timer.

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