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The main causes of bad reasoning are ignorance, laziness, pride, and prejudice.
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... The main causes of bad reasoning are ignorance, laziness, pride, and prejudice. William Drummond once described the situation with reason, "He that will not reason is a bigot; he that cannot reason is a fool; and he that dares not reason is a slave." Reason, called by some logic or rational thinking, is considered as one of the most significant ways to acquire knowledge however, as human beings we sometimes do acquire false or biased knowledge as a result of bad reasoning. Bad reasoning could be caused by several things be it the ignorance of a person, their laziness towards finding information, their pride or even prejudice and bias towards a certain situation. "A little knowledge is a dangerous thing." Einstein once commented on ignorance. As said earlier, ignorance can be a cause of the bad reasoning, Einstein considers 'dangerous'. This is the case because when people lack in knowledge about a
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