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It's a common fallacy to extrapolate a situation to an extreme conclusion without providing any evidence for it. Based on the slippery slope metaphor alone, th
by gdulli 10y ago
It's a common fallacy to extrapolate a situation to an extreme conclusion without providing any evidence for it.
Based on the slippery slope metaphor alone, the most you can say is that scenario #1 may lead to scenario #2. But the slippery slope is very often lazily and fallaciously used as the evidence or proof that scenario #2 will happen.