Parent post: I am a recovering rationalist llm -m 4o “which cognitive fallacies apply to ‘everything happens for a reason'” The phrase “everything happens for a reason” can involve several cognitive fallacies. Here are a few that may apply: Appeal to Destiny (or Fatalism): This fallacy is the belief that events are preordained or destined…

I stopped seeking for truth. Now I only seek for usefulness[1]. https://www.instagram.com/p/C9FkHmlS45X/ Till my early 20’s, I used to run my life around the belief of “everything happens for a reason”. [2] Then in my late 20’s I learned about cognitive fallacies[3]. I realised that “everything happens for a reason” was basically me falling prey…