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'''1.''' Lacks coherence. Two of the definitions that the ''Merriam-Webster'' online dictionary gives for the word incoherent is "lacking orderly continuity, arrangement, or relevance" and "lacking normal clarity or intelligibility in speech or thought".<ref>[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incoherent Incoherent], Meriam Webster online dictionary</ref> The ''Collins English'' dictionary indicates concerning the word incoherent: "If someone is incoherent, they are talking in a confused and unclear way... If you say that something such as a policy is incoherent, you are criticizing it because the different parts of it do not fit together properly."<ref>[https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/incoherent Incoherent], ''Collins English'' dictionary</ref>
 
'''1.''' Lacks coherence. Two of the definitions that the ''Merriam-Webster'' online dictionary gives for the word incoherent is "lacking orderly continuity, arrangement, or relevance" and "lacking normal clarity or intelligibility in speech or thought".<ref>[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incoherent Incoherent], Meriam Webster online dictionary</ref> The ''Collins English'' dictionary indicates concerning the word incoherent: "If someone is incoherent, they are talking in a confused and unclear way... If you say that something such as a policy is incoherent, you are criticizing it because the different parts of it do not fit together properly."<ref>[https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/incoherent Incoherent], ''Collins English'' dictionary</ref>
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'''2.''' Jumps to premature conclusions without sufficient evidence
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'''2.''' Jumps to premature conclusions without sufficient evidence. See: [[Evidence-based thinking]]
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'''3.''' Relies on personal biases rather than facts/evidence and sound conclusions
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'''3.''' Relies on personal biases rather than facts/evidence and sound conclusions. See: [[Evidence-based thinking]]
    
'''4.''' Often includes distortions like overgeneralization, [[wishful thinking]], [[magical thinking]], or faulty [[cause and effect]] relationships
 
'''4.''' Often includes distortions like overgeneralization, [[wishful thinking]], [[magical thinking]], or faulty [[cause and effect]] relationships
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