A slippery slope fallacy involves arguing against an initial action on the basis that it will lead to a succession of ...

Moreover, the ad hominem heuristic may exacerbate the slippery slope inefficiency—the social cost created when useful modest steps A, which on their own may be widely seen as socially valuable ...

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If you participate at all in online discussions, particularly on social media, you’ve likely seen someone discuss the idea of the “slippery slope” fallacy.

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The Slippery Slope Argument is an argument that concludes that if an action is taken, other negative consequences will follow. For example, “If event X were to occur, then event Y would ...

This slippery slope inefficiency might sometimes be avoided by coupling a proposal supported by one side with a proposal supported by the other, for instance a new gun control with a relaxation of ...

It feels like the start of a slippery slope to me, but like the rest of WhatsApp’s 3 billion monthly active users – a figure that makes it the world's biggest messaging platform – I know I ...