slippery slope fallacy - Google Search
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slippery slope fallacy - Google Search
The way a slippery slope argument goes is that if we do something, call it X, then there is a serious risk that it will start a trend, which will lead to other things such as Y and Z, and although X in and of itself is fine, maybe even a good idea, Y and Z are pretty scary. The conclusion is that you shouldn’t do X unless you are willing to accept
... See morefrom Nudge: The Final Edition by Cass R. Sunstein
The problem with most slippery slope arguments is that they do not provide any evidence of an actual slope:
from Nudge: The Final Edition by Cass R. Sunstein
- OK fine, but aren’t calls to ban Nazis a slippery slope? If Substack caves in here, there will be no end to what people like you call for them to remove.
The slippery-slope argument here is based on the fantasy that if you simply draw the right line, you will never have to revisit it. The fact is that we are constantly renegotiating the boundaries ... See morefrom Why Platformer Is Leaving Substack by Casey Newton
Peter Hagen added
Tenbrunsel and Messick identify the proverbial “slippery slope” as another enabler of the kind of self-deception that leads to ethical fading. With each ethical transgression that is tolerated, we pave the road for more and bigger ethical transgressions.
from The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek
- As soon as you start down the slippery slope of doing things based on convention, you are diluting your independence and uniqueness, which is to say your reason for existing. Even the smallest things can start to bend you toward conformity.
from Interview with Josh Tarasoff, Founder of Greenlea Lane Capital by Joel Cohen
("JP") added
the proverbial “slippery slope” as another enabler of the kind of self-deception that leads to ethical fading.
from The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek
- The bandwagon fallacy, also known as the appeal to the masses or appeal to common belief fallacy, is the logical fallacy of claiming that something is true because everyone believes it. Whether that belief is actually true or not doesn’t matter—if an arguer claims that a position is true because it’s popular, the arguer is using the bandwagon falla... See more
from Bandwagon Fallacy: Definition and Examples
Moi Jamri added
the fallacy of “we tried that, didn’t work” via dhh:
no logical fallacy provides as much of an obstacle as “we tried that, didn’t work”. The fallacy that past failed attempts dictates the scope of what's possible.
That just because someone, somewhere, one time attempted something similar and failed, nobody else should try. That lowering our collectiv
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