前言
註記（暨致歉）：關於本書使用的例子
謝辭
1. I just don’t believe it!: Arguments from incredulity
我就是不相信！：懷疑論的論述
2. Quantum leaping sheep: Spurious science
量子躍進的羊群：可疑的科學
3. Cheese-eating surrender monkeys: Selective quotation
吃乳酪投降的猴子：選擇性的引述
4. Que sera, sera: ‘If I don’t, somebody else will’
順其自然：就算我不做，也有人會做
5. Speak for yourself: The existentialist fallacy
替你自己說話：存在主義者的謬誤
6. The amazing psychic poet: Confirmation bias
神奇的靈媒詩人：確認偏誤
7. Because I say so: Truth by stipulation
因為我說了算：有條件的真相
8. Don’t misunderestimate me: Lack of charity
不要大大低估了我：缺乏慈悲
9. Tap water is for plants: Getting it out of proportion
自來水是植物用的：不成比例取得
10. Sexy like me: Automorphism
像我一樣性感：以自我為形象
11. Eat up your GMs: Non sequiturs
吃光你的基因改造食品：前後矛盾
12. Feels mighty real: Percipi est esse
感覺超真實：被感知即存在
13. Trial by wardrobe: Subtle undermining
穿衣大審判：微妙的暗中破壞
14. The wonder of colourpuncture: Loading the dice
彩光針灸的奇蹟：事先注定結果
15. Who knows?: Arguments from uncertainty
天曉得？不確定的辯證
16. My luck’s got to change: The gambler’s fallacy
我要出運啦：賭徒的謬誤
17. If you won’t kill it, don’t eat it: Won’t and shouldn’t
你如果不殺，就別吃牠：不做和不該做
18. Fast food made me obese: Shifting agency
速食讓我變肥：轉換媒介
19. If it ain’t clear it ain’t real: Real and fuzzy distinctions
不清楚就不是真的：真實和模糊的界線
20. Radiohead changed my life: It worked for me. . .
電台司令改變了我一生：對我有用……
21. Mood music: The power of suggestion
心情音樂：建議的力量
22. Careful with your Johnson!: Insensitivity to context
小心你的約翰生！對上下文的漠視
23. The end is nigh (perhaps): Concealed caveats
末日近了（或許）：隱藏的警告
24. Good for the goose, good for the gander: Tu quoque
對鵝好，也對公鵝好：你也一樣
25. One,Two,Three,Four,we don’t want your fascist war!: Fallacies of democracy
一、二、三、四，我們不要你的法西斯戰爭！：民主的錯誤
26. The duck that won the lottery: Post hoc fallacies
鴨子中樂透：歸咎先前起因的錯誤
27. Does 6 million mean nothing to you?: Guilt by association
難道六百萬人對你來說沒有任何意義？：聯想的罪惡
28. Milk is for cows: Genetic fallacies
牛奶是給母牛喝的：基因的謬誤
29. Murdered, yes; murderer, no: High redefinition
是謀殺；不是殺人犯：嚴格重新定義
30. Dear, wise reader: Flattery
親愛睿智的讀者：奉承
31. What would Brian Boitano say?: Arguments from authority
偶像怎麼說？：權威的論述
32. Reading between the lines: ‘It sends the wrong message’
閱讀弦外之音：送出錯誤訊息
33. Moderates need not apply: Distorting to balance
中間者用不上：扭曲以達平衡
34. If only I’d known: Post facto rationalizations
早知如此：事後合理化
35. Coffee enema conquers cancer: Begging the question
咖啡灌腸法擊敗癌症：假定作為論據的辯論
36. It’s OK – I understand: Explanation is not justification
沒關係—我瞭解：解釋不足以合理證明
37. The only way is down: The regressive fallacy
唯一的方是就是下降：倒退的謬誤
38. You should do the impossible: Ought without can
你應該去做不可能的事：應該不用能夠
39. Lumping it all together: False singulars
全部攏作會：錯誤的單數
40. Love George, hate terrorists: False dichotomies
愛喬治，恨恐怖份子：錯誤的二分法
41. Knowledge in retrospect: Prediction is not foresight
事後聰明的知識：預測不是先見之明
42. The lady doth protest too much: Motivation speculation
夫人抗議太多：動機臆測
43. Fighting crime with concerts: Correlation is not causation
用音樂會打擊犯罪：關連並非起因
44. What right have you got?: Playing the rights card
What right have you got? 你有什麼權利？：打出權利牌
45. It didn’t work then, so ... : Faulty induction
沒有用，所以……：錯誤的歸納
46. God is an alien: Logically consistent nonsense
God is an alien 上帝是外星人：邏輯一致的胡說八道
47. That old chestnut: Argumentum ad fatigum
老生常談：Argumentum ad fatigum 疲倦的論證
48. They would say that: Immunization against error
他們會這麼說：錯誤免疫
49. That way lies disaster: Slippery slopes
因此埋下了災難：滑坡理論
50. Not so sound bites: Vacuous pseudo-wisdom
並非確實的短語：空洞的假智慧
51. Meet Mr Loophole: Legality and morality
這位是鑽漏洞先生：合法與道德
52. Single-parent slurs: Failing to disaggregate
單親譭謗：分解失敗
53. Safe, in no uncertain terms: The precautionary principle
不確定的安全：小心謹慎的原則
54. The weapons they couldn’t find: Absence and evidence
他們找不到的武器：缺少和證據
55. Chance wouldn’t be a fine thing: The no coincidence presumption
機率不是一件好事：沒有巧合的假設
56. It’s your patriotic duty: Playing the loyalty card
這是你的愛國責任：打出忠心牌
57. Crack is my right: ‘It’s a free country’
吸毒是我的權利：這是一個自由國家
58. Printed on 100 per cent fat-free paper!: Dubious advantages
印在百分之百零脂肪的紙上！：模糊的利益
59. Anyone would have done the same: ‘I was just doing my job’
任何人都會這麼做：「我只是在做我的工作」
60. Someone must pay: Zero sums that don’t add up
一定要有人付出代價：零合不能增加
61. Lies, damned lies and statistics: The abuse and misuse of numbers
謊言、該死的謊言和數據：數字濫用與誤用
62. Who says smoking kills?: You can’t prove it
誰說吸菸致命？：你證明不了
63. Counsellors stole my friends: Cui bono?
諮商師偷走我的朋友：是誰？
64. No one made you do it: Choice makes everything all right
沒人逼你做：選擇使一切沒問題
65. If it weren’t for you, they’d still be alive: Cause is not responsibility
要不是因為你，他們還活著：原因不是責任
66. Prove yourself: False authorities
你自己證明：錯誤的權威
67. Kris Kristofferson is a lizard: ‘I’m entitled to my opinion’
歌星是蜥蜴：我有權發表我的看法
68. God don’t ride no reindeer: Missing the point
上帝不騎馴鹿：搞錯重點
69. Sparring with scarecrows: The straw man fallacy
放過稻草人一馬：稻草人謬誤
70. Nothing but the truth: Half truths
句句屬實：半真半假
71. What Sherlock didn’t know: How else do you explain it?
福爾摩斯不知道的事：要不然你要怎麼解釋？
72. Al Qaeda doesn’t exist: Category mistakes
蓋達組織不存在：分類的錯誤
73. Ozone warming holes in the carbon layer: Blurring the boundaries
臭氧在碳層的暖化大洞：模糊界線
74. Everyone is bisexual: Low redefinition
大家都是雙性戀：寬鬆的重新定義
75. Would you nuke the enemy?: No hypotheticals
你會使用核武攻擊敵人嗎？：不做假設
76. Why are we so stupid?: Fallacy of the complex question
為何我們這麼笨？：複雜問題的謬誤
77. There’s nothing lucky about luck: Fallacy of equivocation
運氣沒有好運這種事：含糊其詞的謬誤
78. It’s only natural: The is/ought gap
只有這樣才自然：實然與應然之間的隔閡
79. The awful truth: It’s terrible so it can’t be true
可怕的事實：太可怕了所以不可能是真的
80. Balancing fudge: ‘We have to strike a balance’
平衡的謊言：「我們必須達到平衡」
81. I’ve brought you peace and prosperity!: Taking the credit
我帶給你們和平和繁榮！：搶功勞
82. A sharp tongue does not mean a keen mind: Ad hominem
說話犀利不等於腦袋靈敏：訴諸情感
83. Tooled up, obviously: Appeals to common sense
顯然要武裝自己：訴諸常識
84. Hamburger heroin: False analogies
漢堡海洛因：錯誤的類比
85. Fear of black pepper: Scaremongering
害怕黑胡椒：危言聳聽
86. There is no dark side of the moon: The power of bold assertion
月亮沒有陰影：大膽言論的力量
87. If it’s not all bad it must be all good: Partial defence ≠support
如果不是全都壞的，那麼一定全都是好的：部分捍衛不等於支持
88. If it’s old it’s good: Fallacy of ancient wisdom
老的就是好的：先人智慧的謬誤
89. The voyeur’s charter: ‘The innocent have nothing to fear’
偷窺的特權：無辜之人何來畏懼之有
90. How can I ever believe you again?: Arguments from fallibility
要我如何再相信你一次？：難免出錯的論點
91. That’s not what I said: Excessive literalness
那不是我說過的話：過度字面解釋
92. The impossible flying machine: No rational explanation so not true
不可能的飛行器：沒有這麼不真實的理性解釋
93. Be thankful for bad employers: ‘It’s better than nothing’
對惡老闆心存感激：「比什麼都沒有來得好」
94. No business for cardinals: ‘It’s not for you to say’
不關紅衣主教的事：你沒資格說話
95. They kill civilians, don’t they?: Fallacy of accident
他們殺了公民，不是嗎？：意外的謬誤
96. What difference does it make?: Playing with game theory
有什麼差別？玩賽局理論
97. Attack of the killer shrubs: Ridicule and the ridiculous
殺人木的攻擊：戲謔和荒謬
98. Too much of nothing is not enough: Quantity over quality
太多的虛無還是不夠：量大於質
99. The real thing: The no-true-Scotsman move
真正的事：不是純正蘇格蘭人的招式
100. The last word: Complacent superiority
結語：自滿優越
