https://padlet.com/cywen1203/67rfg0vhjs22 Dhruv Kini Akash Mehta Crystal Wen Rex Yusri en-us 2018-02-28 02:35:57 UTC 2023-08-16 01:21:01 UTC hello@padlet.com cywen1203 https://padlet.com/cywen1203/67rfg0vhjs22/wish/236237913 2018-02-28 02:43:39 UTC https://padlet.com/cywen1203/67rfg0vhjs22/wish/236237913 cywen1203 https://padlet.com/cywen1203/67rfg0vhjs22/wish/236242026 An argument that suggests taking a minor action will lead to major and sometimes ludicrous consequences]]> 2018-02-28 03:10:08 UTC https://padlet.com/cywen1203/67rfg0vhjs22/wish/236242026 cywen1203 https://padlet.com/cywen1203/67rfg0vhjs22/wish/236245000

an example of a fallacious slippery slope:

]]> 2018-02-28 03:31:12 UTC https://padlet.com/cywen1203/67rfg0vhjs22/wish/236245000 cywen1203 https://padlet.com/cywen1203/67rfg0vhjs22/wish/236245040 The argument makes assumptions, taking a possibility and treating it as an inevitable outcome. For example, it is  illogical to presume  that every time you go to stores at the mall, you'll lose your mom. Because of this, almost every single premise is only vaguely and occasionally true, and therefore the argument is unsound.]]> 2018-02-28 03:31:31 UTC https://padlet.com/cywen1203/67rfg0vhjs22/wish/236245040 cywen1203 https://padlet.com/cywen1203/67rfg0vhjs22/wish/236245163 Assuming the premises are valid, they do logically reach the conclusion. If we assume for a moment that each action does indeed lead to the next one the argument claims to follow, then it is possible to draw the conclusion that the first action, using a phone, leads to the last, death.]]> 2018-02-28 03:32:28 UTC https://padlet.com/cywen1203/67rfg0vhjs22/wish/236245163 cywen1203 https://padlet.com/cywen1203/67rfg0vhjs22/wish/236245835 yes!]]> 2018-02-28 03:36:53 UTC https://padlet.com/cywen1203/67rfg0vhjs22/wish/236245835 akash_mehta52 https://padlet.com/cywen1203/67rfg0vhjs22/wish/236247463 2018-02-28 03:44:52 UTC https://padlet.com/cywen1203/67rfg0vhjs22/wish/236247463 akash_mehta52 https://padlet.com/cywen1203/67rfg0vhjs22/wish/236247563  “Animal experimentation reduces our respect for life. If we don’t respect life, we are likely to be more and more tolerant of violent acts like war and murder. Soon our society will become a battlefield in which everyone constantly fears for their lives. It will be the end of civilization. To prevent this terrible consequence, we should make animal experimentation illegal right now.”]]> 2018-02-28 03:45:20 UTC https://padlet.com/cywen1203/67rfg0vhjs22/wish/236247563 akash_mehta52 https://padlet.com/cywen1203/67rfg0vhjs22/wish/236249271 (1) If you buy a Green Day album, then next you’ll be buying Buzzcocks albums, and before you know it you’ll be a punk with green hair and everything.
(2) You don’t want to become a punk.
Therefore:
(3) You shouldn’t buy a Green Day album.]]> 2018-02-28 03:54:40 UTC https://padlet.com/cywen1203/67rfg0vhjs22/wish/236249271 cywen1203 https://padlet.com/cywen1203/67rfg0vhjs22/wish/236758507 Each premise in the argument is very circumstantial. To prove its claim, it states that A leads to B, B leads to C, and so on. The problem with such reasoning is that each set's actions and consequences are not always linked. You can't take one possibility and apply it to the cause of that possibility, especially not in such a long chain, because the final consequence becomes more and more separated from the initial cause. You can't take a marginal case and claim that it applies to all cases.]]> 2018-03-01 03:02:21 UTC https://padlet.com/cywen1203/67rfg0vhjs22/wish/236758507