The narrative fallacy addresses our limited ability to look at sequences of facts without weaving an explanation into them, or, equivalently, forcing a logical link, an arrow of relationship upon them. Explanations bind facts together. They make them all the more easily remembered; they help them make more sense. Where this propensity can go wrong is when it increases our impression of understanding.

—Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Black Swan

Blog posts

Tell your Anti-Story by Robin Hanson
The Bad Guy Bias by Robin Hanson
Missing the Trees for the Forest by Yvain
Why You're Stuck in a Narrative by hegemonicon
Biases of Fiction by Robin Hanson

External Links

Tyler Cowen on Stories (transcript)
Systems and Stories by Katja Grace
Living in the Epilogue: Social Policy as Palliative Care by Sister Y

See also

Privileging the hypothesis, Positive bias
Mind-killer
Near/far thinking
Hindsight bias
Fake simplicity
Black swan