Human beings like to make things easy for themselves. Therefore, we remove the opportunity to think critically to provide an explanation for our questions, because we often tend to fall victim to trivial thinking errors. There are three that are most used on a daily basis. Three more prosaic thinking errors – preferring stories over statistics, seeking confirmation, and arguing from ignorance – can also be easily avoided. The first error in thinking is that of placing a higher value on stories than on statistics. For starters, people trust stories not statistics, simple. This can happen because, as people, we have a strong tendency to pay close attention to any information that comes to us in the form of a story. Humans love to be entertained, intrigued and that’s exactly what stories do to us. Second, stories also add joy to our lives in a personal and social way. We feel emotions – happiness, sadness – and can interact through stories when they come from another person. People have the opportunity to ask questions and receive answers from someone whose answers they value. An example displaying this error would be trusting your friend's opinion on a car, rather than Consumer Reports. Even though Consumer Reports is a credible magazine with plenty of statistics to back it up, that won't stop someone from undervaluing its conclusions about the car they want. This friend's experience might have been one in a thousand, which is about the number of cars the magazine tested, but people will trust a friend because it's coming from someone they know rather than a set of statistics. Additionally, we seek to confirm, not challenge, our ideas. Firstly, ...... middle of paper ...... his hamster and not a supernatural cat. Allison couldn't think of anything better at that moment nor was she aware of the possibility that her pet's toy was causing the sound. Her scare could have been easily avoided if she hadn't jumped to absurd conclusions, even though that's what made the show comedic. The argument from ignorance generally results in blaming or attributing something to a multitude of improbable authors or situations. Avoid this, and also avoid appearing ignorant. To conclude, falling victim to these thinking errors can also cause you to lose friends, respect and succumb to scams. Moreover, falling prey to a scam means suffering a loss, wasting resources, money and time. Why waste something unnecessarily that is difficult to recover? Needless to say, if you devote more effort to thinking and making decisions, all kinds of incidents can be avoided..