Slippery Slope Fallacy
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When things are uncertain, we can imagine all sorts of potential futures, and the scary ones really stand out in our minds. But believing that a single, unlikely outcome is the only one possible is a logical fallacy. Learn how to avoid it with this worksheet and accompanying video.
See below for more information.
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This worksheet is designed to support my YouTube video on the slippery slope fallacy, where I explain how people can use leaps of logic to reach scary but unlikely conclusions. Together with this worksheet, students will learn how to identify and avoid the slippery slope fallacy. The first set of questions follows Harvard's "Project Zero" thinking routine 'Take Note', to help kids focus on the key ideas of the video while considering things they'd like to know more about. After watching the video, the questions then build in complexity from simple recall to more challenging open-ended questions that students can discuss in a group. This worksheet is part of a series on how we can overcome cognitive biases and logical fallacies using the systematic thinking routines offered by science.