The Collector's Fallacy is the subconscious belief that the act of gathering information into a central location means that the information has been learned. [^tietze] It is a type of [[Cognitive Biases|cognitive bias]]. The Collector's Fallacy is particularly prevalent when creating a [[Personal Knowledge Management|PKM]] system, because those systems usually begin with the collection of data into one system, but it's difficult to take the next step of synthesizing and processing that data. [^tietze]: Tietze, C. (2014). _Use a short knowledge cycle to keep your cool_. Retrieved from https://zettelkasten.de/posts/knowledge-cycle-efficiently-organize-writing-projects/ . [[Use a Short Knowledge Cycle to Keep Your Cool • Zettelkasten Method]]