(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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burden of proof
(Saying that the burden of proof lies not with the person making the claim, but with someone else to disprove.)
appeal to emotion
(Manipulating an emotional response in place of a valid or compelling argument.)
tu quoque
(Avoiding having to engage with criticism by turning it back on the accuser - answering criticism with criticism.)
the gambler's fallacy
(Believing that 'runs' occur to statistically independent phenomena such as roulette wheel spins.)
anecdotal
(Using personal experience or an isolated example instead of a valid argument, especially to dismiss statistics.)
middle ground
(Saying that a compromise, or middle point, between two extremes is the truth.)
loaded question
(Asking a question that has a presumption built into it so that it can't be answered without appearing guilty.)
begging the question
(A circular argument in which the conclusion is included in the premise.)
ambiguity
(Using double meanings or ambiguities of language to mislead or misrepresent the truth.)
slippery slope
(Asserting that if we allow A to happen, then Z will consequently happen too, therefore A should not happen.)
appeal to nature
(Making the argument that because something is 'natural' it is therefore valid, justified, inevitable, good, or ideal.)
strawman (misrepresent argument)
false cause
(Presuming that a real or perceived relationship between things means that one is the cause of the other.)
no true scotsman
(Making what could be called an appeal to purity as a way to dismiss relevant criticisms or flaws of an argument.)
(the texas sharpshooter)
Cherry-picking data clusters to suit an argument, or finding a pattern to fit a presumption.
personal incredulity
(Saying that because one finds something difficult to understand that it's therefore not true.)
appeal to authority
(Saying that because an authority thinks something, it must therefore be true.)
genetic
(Judging something good or bad on the basis of where it comes from, or from whom it comes.)
bandwagon
(Appealing to popularity or the fact that many people do something as an attempted form of validation.)
cherrypicking
(when an argument highlights evidence that supports its conclusion while ignoring significant evidence to the contrary)
black-or-white
(Where two alternative states are presented as the only possibilities, when in fact more possibilities exist.)
(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.
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.)
