Causal Slippery Slope, Golden Mean & False Dichotomy
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- Q1
According to the advertisement, what is the end result of paying too much for Cable TV?
You get body-slammed by a lowland gorilla
You get bitten by bed bugs
Your company gives your job to someone else
You stay in bed
30s - Q2
Causal Slippery Slope is inherently fallacious
falsetrueTrue or False30s - Q3
What fallacy is this?
A: Ben Davis should be exempted from 2 years of National Service.
B: Ben Davis shouldn’t be exempted from said 2 years of National Service.
Conclusion: Ben Davis should serve National Service for 1 year
False Dichotomy
Golden Mean Fallacy
Causal Slippery Slope
30s - Q4
What is wrong with this golden mean fallacy?
John: God exists.
Mary: God doesn’t exist.
Mark: Okay, so God partially exists is (likely to be) true.
There may be multiple moderate positions that we need to consider
An extreme position is not necessarily false
No meaningful moderate position can be constructed from a pair of extremes
30s - Q5
"If vaccines work, then why are vaccinated people getting COVID?”
"Either the vaccines are entirely effective at stopping infections or they are completely ineffective, Since people are still getting infected, therefore vaccines are completely ineffective"
What type of false dichotomy is this?
overlooking
overlapping
30s