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by STM32F030R8 1179 days ago
Who says there’s no such thing as a slippery slope? I can’t tell if your serious… this is dangerous levels of ignorance.
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no such thing as a slippery slope in this way.

either the one decision destroys something (no slope into an uncontrollable outcome) or there are multiple decisions which appear as a single destructive decision (multiple independent decisions, rather than a slope into an uncontrollable outcome) even though any decision could have been the one to stop the unintended effect feared in the beginning. the outcome is always under control. maybe not by someone you favor, but it is always under control.

it's literally called "The Slippery Slope Fallacy."

"dangerous levels of ignorance" pfft