Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy Definition

The fallacy of ignoring differences in data while stressing the similarities .

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Origin of Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy

  • After a joke about a Texan who first fires shots at the side of a barn, then paints a target centered on the tightest cluster of hits to illustrate his prowess.

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