jumping to conclusions
Premature mental leaps
Jumping to conclusions is forming a judgment without sufficient evidence.
The phrase implies haste and error—the conclusion reached is probably wrong because proper reasoning was skipped: Don't go jumping to conclusions; we don't know the whole story yet.
The image suggests leaping over the careful steps that should precede a decision.
- hastyExcessively quick, ill-considered
- knee-jerk reactionInstinctive, unconsidered response
- prematureOccurring before expected
- precipitateHeadlong and reckless
- assumptionUnverified belief accepted as true
putting two and two together · reading too much · jump · false impression · stereotype · overgeneralization · confirmation bias · impulsivity · leap · misinterpretation · rush to judgment · emotional reasoning · framing effect · selective attention · inference · miscommunication · intuition · heuristics
- everyday mistakesslip, typos, trip, spelling errors, fall
- misjudgmentsmisjudgment, mistake, error, blunder, miscalculation
- comic mishapsmistaken identity, misunderstanding, mix-up, miscommunication, blunder
- thinking errorsad hominem, straw man, slippery slope, confirmation bias, sunk cost fallacy
- thinking patternsrumination, obsession, loop, spiral, cycle
- Thinking Trapsbias, negativity bias, optimism bias, confirmation bias, cognitive bias
jumping to conclusionsdue diligence
Pre-transaction reasonable care
sleeping on it · taking one's time · evidence-based reasoning · critical thinking · reflective thinking
jumping to conclusionsopen-mindedness
Acceptance of differing viewpoints
intellectual humility · epistemic humility · circumspection · fair-mindedness · judiciousness
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