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I introduced foo into the conversation because whatever foo is standing in for isn't important. But that doesn't mean I was speaking in generalities. In point of fact, I was being fairly specific about methods of evaluating evidence. You seem confused. Now I'm confused. I have no idea what...

This depends on what foo is. This depends upon who the speaker is, from the perspective of the reasonable observer. This depends on the quantity and quality of the reasonable observer's own experience. This depends on the context of both the speaker's claimed experience and the reasonable...

More than a "bit limiting." Probably indicative of mental disorder. (E.g., I've never been to France, yet I believe to a very high standard of proof that France exists.)

In most cases, when someone says, "In my experience, foo," isn't the person trying to convince someone else of foo? And if he's trying to convince someone else of foo, then in what practical sense is it a whole 'nother bag of fish, just because he says, "in my experience"? (I'll also point out...

This could literally not be less true.

Second person. I'm very bossy.

And Einstein supposedly failed elementary mathematics. Exceptions occur. (BTW, did you know that reasoning from specific to general is also a fallacy?)

No, but it's not my job -- in real-life or on the Internet -- to provide citations for people who are too lazy to look them up themselves. (In legal terms, I'm asking for "judicial notice" to be taken. Of course, occasionally you get a douchebag lawyer who objects to even the most basic...

Well, that's getting into an almost-always fruitless discussion of the "meaning" of intelligence. That's somewhat fair, I suppose, so my working definition of intelligence -- and that which is used by the psych periodicals I mentioned above -- is "that which is measure by the various IQ tests."...

No. I'm very bright, but I don't go around memorizing sources. (At least not since law school.) My most recent ex-girlfriend is a school psychologist, and I used to read her trade publications all the time (for pleasure!), so I'm aware of the strong correlation. Then why didn't you ask that...

There have been several. Have you tried Google?

Yes. (That's an excellent and intelligent question. Tell me, do you play RPGs?)

RPGers are, IME, more intelligent on the average than the general population. (In fact, I'd say "significantly" more intelligent. Consider that the average American doesn't read for pleasure, before disputing the lesser statement.) Regarding your parenthetical, the ability to recognize and...

"Deliberately" need not be an element.

Is there a set time or place yet?

One or two in our group are only Sociable (but even then they get invites to, e.g., cookouts at our place), but most of the time we end up Close.

No. (Well, sort of. You don't state it well, but I think you get it.) Saying something mean in place of an actual argument isn't a fallacy at all. It's just being mean. Ad hominem is saying something about a person and implying or stating a link between what you said and the validity of his...

Of course, it'd be nice if more people actually understood what ad hominem means. (It's not a synonym for saying something mean, folks.)

Nowadays I'm pretty wiped out after about five hours, but we used to do marathon sessions as kids. (In college we did the occasional marathon D&D&D session (Dungeons & Dragons & Drinking -- "natural 20! Take a shot!"), but I'm old now and such behavior would -- probably literally -- kill me.)

ToEE was great when I played in it as a player, 23 years ago. RttToEE was waaaaay too damned long and grindy, and I only got through it as a player because it was my first game under 3E. I suspect that nowadays, as a player, I wouldn't be able to stomach ToEE.