Brian Colby's definitions

reductive fallacy

aka reductio ad absurdum - the premise that something impossible is actually true, and then proving it is ludicrous

All women have blonde hair, which is false when you present a woman with brunette or red hair

by Brian Colby November 6, 2003

Manhattan Project

The numerous attempts to rebuild something, only to be slowed down by banalities

We would have had the Brantford account all set and ready, but Bill made it into a real Manhattan Project by insisting on obscure figures from 1994.

by Brian Colby November 6, 2003

Woody Allen moment

relating something normal to a ridiculous conclusion

by Brian Colby November 6, 2003