WEBVTT - ⛷️The Slippery Slope Fallacy ⛷️

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<v Speaker 1>Flex and Frooms flexen fromes. This is the Flex and

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<v Speaker 1>Frooms catch up podcast. It's not often that we have

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<v Speaker 1>a bit of a listener letter trying to call us in,

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<v Speaker 1>call us out, but I do appreciate it because it

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<v Speaker 1>is a teachable moment. This person who dmeds us wants

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<v Speaker 1>to know a little bit more about logical fallacies. So

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<v Speaker 1>they've got a question for me that I've previously spoken

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<v Speaker 1>on my old podcast about logical fallacies. But to this

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<v Speaker 1>day she's shook by my frequent use of the phrase

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<v Speaker 1>slippery slope aka a logical fallacy. Thoughts, comments, defense, attack,

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<v Speaker 1>You're lucky, am in a fighting move, babe, sast thing First,

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<v Speaker 1>a slippery slope argument is not a slippery slope fallacy.

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<v Speaker 1>You're getting them confused. A slippery slope fallacy is when

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<v Speaker 1>a person asserts or claims that a relatively small step

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<v Speaker 1>will lead to a chain of events that result in

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<v Speaker 1>a drastic change or a negative outcome, right and catastrophizing.

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<v Speaker 1>So yes, A slippery slope argument is the argument that

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<v Speaker 1>if I do this small thing, it could have a

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<v Speaker 1>drastic effect in future. For example, if today I decide

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to do the small thing. It never text

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<v Speaker 1>anyone back like it's a little thing to me. It

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<v Speaker 1>could have the drastic effect that I lose all of

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<v Speaker 1>my friends in ten years because I just never text anyone.

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<v Speaker 1>That's a slippery slope argument. A slippery slope fallacy is

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<v Speaker 1>me saying the reason why I won't have friends in

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<v Speaker 1>ten years is probably because I didn't go to that

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<v Speaker 1>one public girl's birthday and she definitely told another friend

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<v Speaker 1>of mine that I was a bad friend, and then

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<v Speaker 1>she told it's making these big presumptions and not connecting

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<v Speaker 1>it in a logical or clear way. It's my brain.

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<v Speaker 1>So when I say slippery slope in the context of

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<v Speaker 1>it's a slippery slope to be coming on the radio

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<v Speaker 1>and encouraging people to to do hypergame right, to date upwards,

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<v Speaker 1>the slippery slope is that if I encourage you to

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<v Speaker 1>go and date upwards, date rich, we're not preparing you

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<v Speaker 1>for the reality that when it's not achievble for the

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<v Speaker 1>most people, but it can create a really abusive dynamic

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<v Speaker 1>when you are relying on one person for all of

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<v Speaker 1>your needs, you put yourself in a very precarious situation.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's not all it's choked up to be right.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not just like, oh, it's gonna pay for all

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<v Speaker 1>my meals. No, this person might leave you in a

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<v Speaker 1>position where you cannot literally fend for yourself unless you

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<v Speaker 1>staying that in that dynamic. That is a slippery slope.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a slippery slope to tell everyone, wait, slippery slope

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<v Speaker 1>fallacy or slippery argument, Like, it's a slippery slope argument

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<v Speaker 1>to tell everyone that what people think about you is

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<v Speaker 1>not your business, okay, because we could argue that, yes,

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<v Speaker 1>if you relieve yourself of caring about what everybody thinks,

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<v Speaker 1>you might get to the point where you know, you

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<v Speaker 1>lose the ability of reason with other people, and you

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<v Speaker 1>become a bit more subjective, maybe a bit more prickly,

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<v Speaker 1>Like there are consequences for not caring about the way

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<v Speaker 1>that you're perceived. You might become more ignorant, you might

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<v Speaker 1>become more unaware of the world around you. You might find

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<v Speaker 1>it more difficult to connect with other people. That is

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<v Speaker 1>a slippery slope argument. We can understand how you could

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<v Speaker 1>get to that conclusion. A slippery slope fallacy is to

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<v Speaker 1>say that a slippery slope fallacy is that if I

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<v Speaker 1>don't take every sponsored content job that comes to me,

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<v Speaker 1>I'll never make money again. Yeah, it's not true. Like

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<v Speaker 1>we could say that in some ways, it's possible, but

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<v Speaker 1>it's not true because how do I make my money.

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<v Speaker 1>I've got other businesses. I'm an author, I'm a DJ.

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<v Speaker 1>There are other ways to make money. So if I

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<v Speaker 1>stop doing this one gig, I will be fine. I understand.

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<v Speaker 1>So the slippery slope argument is not a slippery slope fallacy.

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<v Speaker 1>The two saying slippery slope relies on you to use

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<v Speaker 1>your context clues to figure out if it's a fallacy

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<v Speaker 1>or an argument, And whether or not it's a fallacy

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<v Speaker 1>or an argument depends on how you see the world. Also,

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<v Speaker 1>every time you said slippery slop, I'll just genuinely like,

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<v Speaker 1>picture a slippery slope. Yeah, an avalanche. But it's an

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<v Speaker 1>important thing to recognize because when you are speaking to

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<v Speaker 1>someone you don't really know well, also, you don't know

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<v Speaker 1>whether or they're talking about a fallacy or an argument,

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<v Speaker 1>especially when talking about their own situation, because we do

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<v Speaker 1>catastrophize a lot, we do. You know. We spoke to

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<v Speaker 1>Clementine Ford the other day and she has a new

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<v Speaker 1>book coming out. It's called I Don't it's the case

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<v Speaker 1>against marriage. Someone could say a slippery slope argument is

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<v Speaker 1>that as women, if we don't get married, we might

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<v Speaker 1>not be happy in future. Slippery slope argument or it

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<v Speaker 1>could be a fallacy. We don't know, but how you

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<v Speaker 1>position it for yourself is what matters the most. But

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<v Speaker 1>this is also why we don't argue for fun exactly,

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<v Speaker 1>because whether or it's a fallacy or an argument depends

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<v Speaker 1>on how you perceive my message. You've been listening to

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