[[Literacy]]

| NAME                             | DESCRIPTION                                                                                                                   |
| -------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Ad Hominem                       | Insulting opposition without argument.                                                                                        |
| Ad Lapidem (Appeal to the stone) | When an argument is dismissed without a counter.                                                                              |
| Fallacy Fallacy                  | Calling out fallacies without argument.                                                                                       |
| Tu Quoque (Appeal to Hypocrisy)  | Calling out hypocrisy, example being "You say this game is bad, but you don't make any." Such an argument makes no sense.     |
| Possibiliter Ergo Probabiliter   | Claiming that something is likely so it must be true.                                                                         |
| False Dilemma                    | Claiming something is either this or that, despite it being a gradient or there being more possiblilities.                    |
| Straw Man                        | Misrepresenting argument to make it easier to counter.                                                                        |
| Cherry Picking                   | Picks out specific parts of evidence that supports their claim despite there being tons of other evidence that go against it. |
| Proof by Assertion               | Reiterating argument without new evidence.                                                                                    |
| Non Sequitur                     | A statement that does not follow the logical flow of the previous.                                                            |
| Bandwagon/Argumentum ad Populum  | Belief that claim is right because tons of people do it.                                                                      |
| Slippery Slope                   | Claiming one minor step will lead to major consequences.                                                                      |
| Burden of Proof                  | When the responsibility of countering a claim is incorrectly shifted to the person questioning it.                            |
| Proof by Assertion               | Repeatedly stating a claim without backing it up.                                                                             |
| Argumentum ad Infinitum/Nauseam  | When a point is brought up too many times.                                                                                    |
| Invincible Ignorance             | Refusing to believe an argument regardless of evidence.                                                                       |
| Ignoratio Elenchi                | When an argument is valid, but does not relate to the issue in question.                                                      |
| Logic Chopping                   | When irrelevant/trivial details are countered instead of the main argument.                                                   |
| Argumentum Verbosum              | When an argument is countered with complex jargon meant to overwhelm the opponent.                                            |
| Ipse Dixit                       | When a claim is presented as self sufficiently true.                                                                          |