The Narrative Fallacy
last updated: Jun 13, 2025
The problem with narratives is that they make everything sound convincing even if they really shouldn’t. The problem with this result is blindingly obvious – a twelve year old would object to your victory under this ruleset, and the objection would be sustained. But we stick a little story on here – “The ridiculous result makes sense because…” and suddenly it gets past intelligent people.
Narratives are indiscriminate. Attach them to anything and they are now more compelling.