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by user-the-name 1988 days ago
"Slippery slope" is a logical fallacy.
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V-2 1987 days ago
Not necessarily - it depends on the context and the argument.

If I tell you that smoking leads to cancer, it's also a slippery slope type of argument: after all, having smoked 1, 100 or even a 1,000 cigarettes you'll still be fine, most likely.

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user-the-name 1987 days ago
> If I tell you that smoking leads to cancer, it's also a slippery slope type of argument

It is not. It is a statement of fact, proven by numerous studies.

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