Logic / Unit 8 Logic 390 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Slippery Slope
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The idea
Predicting a chain of consequences without supporting the links.
In practice
"Allow food trucks downtown and within five years no restaurant will survive." Each link asserted, none argued.
Where people slip
Near-miss: slope arguments with documented mechanisms for each link are legitimate — and common in engineering and epidemiology. Grade the links, not the shape.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
Unlocks
- Nothing yet depends on this.
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