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🧠 Fallacy Finder
Spot the flaw: attacking the person, straw men, false choices, slippery slopes and more. Untimed, with every answer explained.
Free to play in your browser: no download and no account needed. The game opens on this page.
- Type
- Thinking
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Round length
- Untimed
- Ages
- 12+
- Controls
- Tap an answer · Keys 1–4 · Tap or Enter for the next one
What it practises
- Deep reflection & analysis: Slowing down: weighing evidence, spotting weak arguments and explaining why something worked.
Fast games can crowd out slow thinking, so this skill uses untimed games and written reflection.
Quick lesson: Flawed reasoning
A fallacy is a reason that looks convincing but doesn’t really support the claim: attacking the person, twisting their view (straw man), offering only two choices, or assuming a link means a cause.
Check question
“Everyone at my school likes this phone, so it’s the best phone.” This is…
- Attacking the person
- Everyone does it
- A fair test
- A straw man
Answer: Everyone does it. Popularity alone doesn’t show something is best.
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