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Wednesday, July 12, 2006

Fallacy fouls

Skeptic Rant: Tweeet! "Straw Man", 10 Yards From the Spot of the Foul

The above links to "fallacy" hand signals. It could be useful if you ever have to adjudicate a debate.
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1 comments:

L>T said...

adjudicate? I do that at home all the time. I don't usually call it adjudicating or debating, though.

I could see where hand signals might come in handy along with a big whistle.