This is another way of explaining how we decide what to think when things contradict each other. Often you are being told one thing by someone and another thing by someone else. When people are trying to be convincing, they are always tempted to tell you things in a way that makes their point of view look as good as possible. You Can Do to Protect Yourself 1. The next most frequently used trick is to select words which will influence people's emotions.
People often use very emotional words rather than neutral, descriptive words.
Look at whether the words being used are very emotional in some way and mentally try to replace them with more neutral words. People do this when they know their point of view is weak. Something is wrong somewhere. Making Mistakes in Logic People make mistakes in what they are saying because they are human and are either simply wrong or don't know how to make a logical argument. Many of the following errors are like that.