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by selimthegrim 1638 days ago
I have taken employment (probably IQ in disguise) tests that specifically look for people making this association (and mark them down for it). I imagine they thought it had some association with logical skills and success in computer programming.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conjunction_fallacy

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The conjunction fallacy has to do with evaluation of likelihood. It's completely unrelated to the conversation so far, which has to do with interpreting whether a conjunction is meaningful in itself.
Sorry to distract, then.