Fallacies
 Preparing the Ground 
  • Loaded Language
  • Straw Man
  • Burden of Proof

    •  On the Defensive 
  • Baffling with Science
  • Poisoning the Well

    •  Persuasive Techniques 
  • Appeal to Popularity
  • Black or White
  • Flattery

    •  Desperate Moves 
  • Guilt by Association
  • Passive Agressive
  • Red Herring
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    The Dark Side of Debate

    If you take a course, or visit a web-site, or pick up a text on logical fallacies, then you'll hear a lot about the benefits of critical thinking:

    "It's important to know about the fallacies so that we can think clearly."

    "We should avoid committing fallacies so that we can find the truth."

    And so on, and so on...

    This site isn't about any of that. This site is about something much more important that discovering the truth; it's about winning arguments.

    Specifically, it's about using fallacies to win arguments.

    If that sounds a bit underhand to you, then, er... maybe you should go somewhere else.

    Still here? Excellent.