Cognitive Fallacies Guard

Table of Contents

• Overview
• Fallacy Audit Workflow
• Path Selection Menu
  • Path 1: Visual Misleads Scan
  • Path 2: Cognitive Bias Check
  • Path 3: Data Integrity Verification
• Quick Reference
• Guardrails

Overview

Visualizations are persuasive — common mistakes cause systematic misinterpretation, not just aesthetic failures. This skill scans for visual misleads (chartjunk, truncated axes, 3D distortion), checks for cognitive bias exploitation (confirmation bias reinforcement, anchoring, framing manipulation), and verifies data integrity (honest axes, complete data, fair comparisons).