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Slippery slope has almost always meant a fallacy, because it typically invokes "the sky is falling" examples that have no evidence to support it coming to pass
by minsc__and__boo 5y ago
Slippery slope has almost always meant a fallacy, because it typically invokes "the sky is falling" examples that have no evidence to support it coming to pass - even here.
- skinkestek 5y agoWhile I see the point, "slippery slope is a fallacy" seems to have been abused far more than "slippery slope" on HN over the decade I've hung around here.
- minsc__and__boo 5y agoThat's because nobody makes an argument by starting with "I'm making a slippery slope argument" - it's always identified by someone else. Same with whataboutism, no true scotsman, etc. by their nature.
- skinkestek 5y agoNo, it is because people invoke slippery slope fallacy for actual, real slippery slopes. The slippery slope fallacy us real - but so are the slippery slopes.