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The fallacy is to assume, without evidence, that the slope is slippery. There are plenty of slopes that aren't. Probably most, just you don't think about those
by asdfasgasdgasdg 8y ago
The fallacy is to assume, without evidence, that the slope is slippery. There are plenty of slopes that aren't. Probably most, just you don't think about those because you know they aren't slippery already.
For example, I slept in 'til 8:30 today. OMG, a slippery slope. Next thing you know, I'll be sleeping until 3PM. Til midnight! I will never wake up again. But as it happens, sleeping in isn't a slippery slope. I don't think there's any solid evidence that telemetry is either.
- sitkack 8y agoThis is exactly why I get up a minute earlier each day. As it is, I am waking up tomorrow at 4:39 AM. Mission accomplished.
- TimTheTinker 8y ago(10 years into one possible future) “... and that was me before we had children.”
- iopq 8y agoUmm, it's slippery for me. I haven't had a stable sleeping schedule for over ten years. Send help.
- colordrops 8y agoThat's the "hasty counterexample" fallacy.