The cognitive error of accepting a convenient, low-effort piece of evidence as definitive proof, while ignoring the mountain of complex, contradictory, or difficult-to-obtain evidence. It’s the mental shortcut that prefers a simple, lazy answer over a complicated truth. This bias allows people to "prove" their point by pointing to a single, easily digestible factoid, a meme, or a headline, while dismissing nuanced studies or expert consensus as "too complicated."
Example: "He 'proved' vaccines were dangerous with one Facebook post about a friend's cousin, totally succumbing to Slothful Proof Bias."
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Someone or something that eats food consistently at inappropiate places, such as at funerals or a library.
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Due to their sightseeing nature, The Sidewalk Sloth often doesn't travel in a straight line and can impede passing in other ways (e.g. pointing at things, changing direction while lost). These behaviors can lead to injury of for fellow sidewalk users. It also allows fewer practitioners to block the sidewalk than the Sidewalk Snail Barrier.
*see also the iPod Sloth
Due to their sightseeing nature, The Sidewalk Sloth often doesn't travel in a straight line and can impede passing in other ways (e.g. pointing at things, changing direction while lost). These behaviors can lead to injury of for fellow sidewalk users. It also allows fewer practitioners to block the sidewalk than the Sidewalk Snail Barrier.
*see also the iPod Sloth
Sorry, I'm late. I got stuck behind about 5 different Sidewalk Sloths on the way here. Is it tourist season of Something
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Wow dude that guy just asked me to rattle sloth him...
THAT RATTLE SLOTH PARTY WAS AMAZING! I GOT CHICKS RIDING ON MY DICK ALL NIGHT!
THAT RATTLE SLOTH PARTY WAS AMAZING! I GOT CHICKS RIDING ON MY DICK ALL NIGHT!
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Not the cute kind of sloth though, the scary kind.
Not the cute kind of sloth though, the scary kind.
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