I'd err to caution you about this kind of thinking, namely because people who spend careful time memorizing the names of fallacies rather than spending that tim

I'd err to caution you about this kind of thinking, namely because people who spend careful time memorizing the names of fallacies rather than spending that time, explaining to other people with whom they're debating where they were mislead, tend to be assholes whose arguments boil down to spouting ad homenim, no true scotsman, Loki's wager, etc. Which is a more pretentious way of saying 'u r wrong' and being generally allienating the people with whom you're trying to converse. And yes this is from personal experience. Also something of interest is: http://www.paulgraham.com/disagree.html http://www.paulgraham.com/disagree.html