Slipper slope fallacy

Which one is a Slippery slope fallacy?

• If you give a mouse a cookie, then he's going to ask for a glass of milk. When you give him the glass of milk, he'll probably ask you for a straw. When he's finished he'll ask you for a napkin.

• Ronnie has a head full of hair. If you pull one out, he will not be bald. If you pull another one out, he still will not be bald. So no matter how many hairs you pull out, Ronnie will not be bald.

True or False: A slipper slope fallacy is when someone makes a claim about a series of events that would lead to one major event.

• True

• False

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What makes a fallacy a slippery slope?

• Usually leads up to a bad event

• There is a chain of events all leading up to a major event.

• When the claimed links between the events are unlikely or exaggerated

• You fall down a hill

Which one is the definition of a slippery slope?

• A claim that is not precise, vague, "in between" or unclear scenarios that don't make them necessarily untrue.

• A course of action that seems to lead inevitably from one action or result to another with unintended consequences.

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