Re:YouTube bans coronavirus vaccine misinformation
by shadowgovt on Thursday October 15, 2020 @09:39AM
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No, it's always a fallacy. If A leads to B, B leads to C, and C is bad, argue that people shouldn't do B, not A. Especially if A also leads to D, which is good.
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Re:YouTube bans coronavirus vaccine misinformation
by TeMPOraL on Thursday October 15, 2020 @10:12AM
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If jumping out of a window usually leads to uncontrolled descent and flight into terrain, which then leads to experiencing a very large and sudden velocity change, which is followed by death from the injuries caused by said ∆v/∆t, I'm definitely going to argue against jumping out of a window. Sure, for the above A->B->C->D(eath) chain, there are many ways to prevent it from reaching the last node, but the default behavior is still A->B->C->D, so it's fair to argue against doing A without evident mitigations of steps B and/or C.
Re:YouTube bans coronavirus vaccine misinformation
by shadowgovt on Thursday October 15, 2020 @10:21AM
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But if you're arguing not to jump out a window, and I have base jumping experience and am wearing a parachute, the argument is silly. Especially if the building is on fire.
Slippery slope arguments assume A leads to D and discard any positive effects A could have out of hand. That's why they're a fallacy.