Jumping to conclusions
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Jumping to conclusions (officially the jumping conclusion bias, often abbreviated as JTC, and also referred to as the inference-observation confusion) is a psychological term referring to a communication obstacle where one "judge[s] or decide[s] something without having all the facts; to reach unwarranted conclusions".
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See also
- Correlation does not imply causation
- Fallacy of the single cause
- Fallacy
- Half-truth
- Leap of faith
- Post hoc ergo propter hoc
- Presumption of guilt
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