fix: fallacies blog improvements

fezcode · fezcode · commit 16291f6c6e06 · 2026-02-28T07:20:15.000+03:00
diff --git a/public/posts/encyclopedia-of-bad-arguments.txt b/public/posts/encyclopedia-of-bad-arguments.txt
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ This happens when someone makes a universal claim ("All X do Y"), gets presented
 *   **Alice:** "No Scotsman puts sugar on his porridge."
 *   **Bob:** "But my uncle Angus is Scottish, and he loves sugar on his porridge."
 *   **Alice:** "Ah, yes, but no *true* Scotsman puts sugar on his porridge."
-*   **Why it's wrong:** It's an ad-hoc rescue of a flawed argument. You change the rules mid-game to avoid being wrong.
+*   **Why it's wrong:** It's an **[ad-hoc](/vocab/ad-hoc)** rescue of a flawed argument. You change the rules mid-game to avoid being wrong.
 
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@@ -97,10 +97,12 @@ Also known as confusing **[correlation](/vocab/correlation-vs-relation)** with c
 *   **The Reality:** There is a hidden third variable: Summer heat. People eat ice cream when it's hot, and they swim in the ocean when it's hot.
 
 ### 3. The Texas Sharpshooter
-Imagine a cowboy shooting his gun randomly at the side of a barn. Afterward, he walks up, paints a bullseye around the tightest cluster of bullet holes, and claims he's a sharpshooter.
+Imagine a cowboy shooting his gun randomly at the side of a barn. Afterward, he walks up, paints a bullseye around the tightest cluster of bullet holes, and claims he's a sharpshooter. 
 
 This fallacy occurs when a person emphasizes similarities in data but ignores the differences, artificially creating a pattern where none exists. (This is common in conspiracy theories and numerology).
 
+*   **The Fallacy:** "Look at these three successful tech CEOs. They all dropped out of college, they all drink green tea, and they all own golden retrievers. Therefore, dropping out of college and drinking green tea with a golden retriever is the secret formula for building a billion-dollar startup!"
+*   **Why it's wrong:** The speaker is ignoring the thousands of college dropouts with green tea and golden retrievers who went bankrupt, cherry-picking only the data points that fit their desired narrative.
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 ## Part IV: Weapons of Distraction
@@ -145,6 +147,8 @@ Continuing a behavior or endeavor as a result of previously invested resources (
 A cognitive bias whereby people with low ability, expertise, or experience regarding a certain type of task or area of knowledge tend to overestimate their ability or knowledge.
 *   Essentially: The less you know about a subject, the simpler it seems, leading to overconfidence. (See: Every person who argues with an epidemiologist on Twitter).
 
+![Dunning-Kruger Effect Curve](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_Effect_01.svg)
+
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 ## Conclusion: How to Survive the Noise
diff --git a/src/data/vocab/ad-hoc.jsx b/src/data/vocab/ad-hoc.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import React from 'react';
+
+export default function AdHoc() {
+  return (
+    <div className="space-y-6 font-mono text-sm leading-relaxed">
+      <p>
+        An <strong className="text-current">Ad Hoc</strong> (Latin for "to this") argument or rescue is an explanation entirely invented after the fact to save a flawed theory from being disproven.
+      </p>
+
+      <div className="border-l-2 border-emerald-500/50 pl-4 py-1 italic opacity-70 text-xs">
+        Changing the rules of the game just so you don't lose.
+      </div>
+
+      <p>Key characteristics:</p>
+      <ul className="space-y-2 text-xs opacity-80 list-disc pl-4">
+        <li>
+          <strong>Post-Facto:</strong> It is not a prediction or a premise; it is an excuse created exactly at the moment it is needed.
+        </li>
+        <li>
+          <strong>Untestable:</strong> Often, the ad hoc rescue introduces a new variable that cannot be independently tested or verified. E.g., "The psychic's powers didn't work because your negative energy interfered with them."
+        </li>
+        <li>
+          <strong>Complexity:</strong> It violates Occam's Razor by constantly adding new, unnecessary complexities to a theory just to keep it alive.
+        </li>
+      </ul>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/src/data/vocabulary.js b/src/data/vocabulary.js
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ export const vocabulary = {
     title: 'Absurdism',
     loader: () => import('./vocab/absurdism'),
   },
+  'ad-hoc': {
+    title: 'Ad Hoc',
+    loader: () => import('./vocab/ad-hoc'),
+  },
   antikythera: {
     title: 'Antikythera Mechanism',
     loader: () => import('./vocab/antikythera'),
