# adage — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover adage. Page: Feed: --- ## [Absence of Evidence Is Not Evidence of Absence](https://effectiviology.com/absence-of-evidence-is-not-evidence-of-absence/) _2025-07-20 · Itamar Shatz · Effectiviology_ Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence is an adage which denotes that not having proof that something exists is different from having proof that it doesn t exist. For example, lack of research about the efficacy of a new medical treatment (i.e., absence of evidence), is different from research showing that the new ... Read more ## [Reactive Devaluation: Unreasonably Negative Responses to Proposals](https://effectiviology.com/reactive-devaluation/) _2025-04-12 · Itamar Shatz · Effectiviology_ Reactive devaluation is a cognitive bias that causes people to devalue things that are offered to them, especially if offered by someone they perceive negatively. For example, reactive devaluation can cause someone to wrongly dismiss a good business proposal as bad, just because they dislike the person who offered it. Reactive devaluation is a ... Read more ## [Commentary 46: You Reap What You Sow](https://adages.substack.com/p/commentary-46-you-reap-what-you-sow) _2025-02-12 · Mike Smock · 52 Business Adages Considered Biblically_ Did Joseph act ethically and fairly in his dealings with the famine-stricken Egyptians? ## [False Balance (Bothsidesism): Incorrectly Presenting Different Sides as Equal](https://effectiviology.com/false-balance/) _2025-01-09 · Itamar Shatz · Effectiviology_ False balance (also called fake balance, the balance fallacy, and bothsidesism) occurs when multiple things (like theories) are presented as more equal to each other in some regard (like level of supporting evidence) than they really are. For example, false balance occurs when a journalist presents the baseless opinion of a random layperson as ... Read more ## [Hofstadter’s Law: It always Takes Longer Than You Expect](https://effectiviology.com/hofstadters-law/) _2024-11-11 · Itamar Shatz · Effectiviology_ Hofstadter s law is the adage that “It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter s Law”. This means that people tend to underestimate how long things will take them to do, even when they try to account for their tendency to underestimate this. Hofstadter s law has implications across many ... Read more ## [The Appeal to Authority: When Fallacious Arguments Rely on Expertise](https://effectiviology.com/appeal-to-authority/) _2024-09-08 · Itamar Shatz · Effectiviology_ The appeal to authority (also known as the argument from authority, authority fallacy, appeal to expertise, appeal to expert opinion, and argumentum ad verecundiam) is a logical fallacy that occurs when a claim is assumed to necessarily be true simply because it was made by a perceived authority figure. In addition, the appeal to ... Read more