Human beings like to make things easier for themselves. We therefore take away the possibility of thinking critically to provide an explanation to our questions because we often tend to fall victim to trivial errors in thinking. There are three that are most used on a daily basis. Three thinking errors that are the most prosaic – preferring stories to statistics, seeking confirmation, and arguing from ignorance – can easily be avoided. The first thinking error is to place a greater value on stories than on statistics. For starters, people trust stories and not statistics, simple. This may happen because, as people, we have a strong inclination to pay close attention to any information that comes to us in the form of a story. Human beings like to be entertained, intrigued and this is exactly what stories do to us. Secondly, stories add joy to our lives on a personal and social level as well. We feel emotions – happiness, sadness – and are able to interact through stories when they come from another person. People are given the opportunity to ask questions and receive answers from someone whose answers they value. An example of this mistake would be trusting your friend's opinion about a car, rather than Consumer Reports' opinion. Even though Consumer Reports is a credible magazine with plenty of statistics to back it up, that won't stop someone from understating their findings about that car they want. That friend's experience might have been one in a thousand, which is about the amount of cars the magazine tested, but people will rely on a friend because it comes from someone they know rather than a bunch of statistics. Furthermore, we seek to confirm, not question, our ideas. First,...... middle of paper... his hamster and not a supernatural cat. Allison couldn't think of anything better at the time and wasn't even aware of the possibility that her pet's toy was causing the sound. Her fear could have easily been avoided if she hadn't jumped to absurd conclusions, although that's what made the show comical. The argument based on ignorance usually leads to blaming or crediting something to a multitude of perpetrators or unlikely situations. Avoid it and equally avoid appearing ignorant. In conclusion, falling victim to these thinking errors can also cause you to lose friends, respect and succumb to scams. Furthermore, falling prey to a scam means suffering a loss, losing resources, money and time. Why worry about needlessly losing something that is difficult to recover? It goes without saying that if you put more effort into thinking and making decisions, you can avoid all kinds of accidents.