>[!abstract] >The Gish gallop is a rhetorical technique in which a person in a debate attempts to overwhelm an opponent by presenting an excessive number of arguments, without regard for their accuracy or strength, with a rapidity that makes it impossible for the opponent to address them in the time available. Gish galloping prioritizes the quantity of the galloper's arguments at the expense of their quality. > >The term "Gish gallop" was coined in 1994 by the anthropologist Eugenie Scott who named it after the American creationist Duane Gish, dubbed the technique's "most avid practitioner" (Wikipedia, 2025). >[!related] >- **North** (upstream): — >- **West** (similar): [[Brandolini's law|Bullshit asymmetry principle]] >- **East** (different): — >- **South** (downstream): —