Status Updates From 20 Ways to Win Any Argument...

Great so far, but there are multiple typos in at least the ebook version. It doesn't ruin the book but it does stand out since the content is so well put together.

Loaded Questions:

The Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy: the region of significance or focus is decided after the event has occurred. Cherry-picking clusters of information to support our arguments, or find a pattern that fits a presumption or stereotype.

Our Self-Made Worlds: we build and modify our realities every day, filtering events through our experiences, emotions, and ideas.

The Middle Ground Fallacy: “splitting the difference”. Agreeing to compromise between two extreme positions, irrespective of how illogical one of those extremes may be. Richard Dawkins, “when two opposite points of view are expressed with equal intensity, the truth does not necessarily lie exactly halfway between them. It is possible for one side to be simply wrong."

Begging the Question: Latin “petito principiee” - “assuming the initial point”. “Why is Bob so dumb?”. Tautologies.

Appeal to Nature: All things natural are healthy and good; such as Arsenic? People think, “If something is natural, it must be morally acceptable".

Special Pleading: asking an exception to the rule, claiming the specific case to be different from the standard.

Appeal to Authority: opinions of authority figures are accurate and reliable, irrespective of expertise. Quotes taken out of context and spoken out of their fields. Name-dropping to convince you either of the validity of an argument, or of their own worth. Opinions of the aged.

Argument from Ignorance: "First, since I’ve made a ridiculous claim you feel the need to refute it. Second, you are unable to refute it because my argument is essentially flawed. However, I can frame your inability to refute my argument as a demonstration of my argument's superiority and validity. Basically, since you can’t prove me wrong — I must be right!".

Argument from Ignorance: Stating that something is true simply because it hasn't been shown to be false—or that something is false because it hasn't been proved true. People must choose to either support it or refute it, excluding the possibility of a third option — insufficient evidence.

False Cause: Correlation does not imply causation. “post hoc ergo propter hoc”, which is Latin for “after this, therefore because of this”. Humans evolved to notice patterns, but we do tend to go overboard with it.

Appeal to Emotion:

The Bandwagon Fallacy: “Eat shit. Twenty trillion flies can't be wrong" — Bill Maher. A logical fallacy in which something is considered true or desirable just because it is popular. (also referred to as “argumentum ad populum”). Anything that attracts attention will attract more attention; people’s interest in something is in itself interesting, generating a “snowball effect”.

Slippery Slope: a small step picks up a series of unjustified assumptions and ends in a significant outcome. The claims increase the small probability of a negative outcomes and blow it up.

Anecdotal Evidence: anecdotes and stories as evidence

The Black-and-White Fallacy: “If you aren't with us, you’re against us". False dilemmas. Syllogisms.

The Straw Man: Focusing on an unimportant point and inflating its relevance. Focusing on the most extreme points made by the opposition. Gish Gallop technique: basically repeat the same points with slight variations, so that it looks like many different points to be refuted.

Burden of Proof: asking for proof from the refuter to disprove a ridiculous claim.

“Ad hominem” fallacy: "to the man" in Latin. Instead of attacking a person’s argument, attacking the other person's character, motives, and other attributes; equating someone's character with the validity of their arguments.

Tu Quoque fallacy: You too! Defend from criticism by turning the critique back against the accuser.

When we look at complex situations, to understand them, we simplify them without considering probabilities, especially when emotions also get involved.
In an argument, "we are always right". When others don’t recognize our “impeccable” logic and “solid” conclusions, we conclude that they are not rational/mature/knowledgeable/unbiased enough.

Dunning–Kruger effect.
The pleasure we derive from our “feelings of knowing”; our innate need to be right; we hate being wrong.
The gambler's fallacy, also known as the Monte Carlo fallacy, is the mistaken belief that, if something happens more frequently than normal during some period, it will happen less frequently in the future, or vice versa.