(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.
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(the texas sharpshooter)
Cherry-picking data clusters to suit an argument, or finding a pattern to fit a presumption.
appeal to nature
(Making the argument that because something is 'natural' it is therefore valid, justified, inevitable, good, or ideal.)
no true scotsman
(Making what could be called an appeal to purity as a way to dismiss relevant criticisms or flaws of an argument.)
bandwagon
(Appealing to popularity or the fact that many people do something as an attempted form of validation.)
tu quoque
(Avoiding having to engage with criticism by turning it back on the accuser - answering criticism with criticism.)
strawman (misrepresent argument)
slippery slope
(Asserting that if we allow A to happen, then Z will consequently happen too, therefore A should not happen.)
appeal to authority
(Saying that because an authority thinks something, it must therefore be true.)
burden of proof
(Saying that the burden of proof lies not with the person making the claim, but with someone else to disprove.)
the gambler's fallacy
(Believing that 'runs' occur to statistically independent phenomena such as roulette wheel spins.)
genetic
(Judging something good or bad on the basis of where it comes from, or from whom it comes.)
cherrypicking
(when an argument highlights evidence that supports its conclusion while ignoring significant evidence to the contrary)
loaded question
(Asking a question that has a presumption built into it so that it can't be answered without appearing guilty.)
middle ground
(Saying that a compromise, or middle point, between two extremes is the truth.)
appeal to emotion
(Manipulating an emotional response in place of a valid or compelling argument.)
(the fallacy fallacy)
Presuming that because a claim has been poorly argued, or a fallacy has been made, that the claim itself must be wrong.
false cause
(Presuming that a real or perceived relationship between things means that one is the cause of the other.)
black-or-white
(Where two alternative states are presented as the only possibilities, when in fact more possibilities exist.)
special pleading
(Moving the goalposts or making up exceptions when a claim is shown to be false.)
composition/division
(Assuming that what's true about one part of something has to be applied to all, or other, parts of it.)
anecdotal
(Using personal experience or an isolated example instead of a valid argument, especially to dismiss statistics.)
ambiguity
(Using double meanings or ambiguities of language to mislead or misrepresent the truth.)
personal incredulity
(Saying that because one finds something difficult to understand that it's therefore not true.)
begging the question
(A circular argument in which the conclusion is included in the premise.)
