A fallacy is something that is defective in an argument. One of the fallacies is called a slippery slope. Slippery slope is basically where an argument claims that the premises will end up in an extreme conclusion.
An example would be that if we continue to watch violence of TV we will become a violent species. We will start act violently against our neighbors and friends. The world will eventually be chaotic and come crashing down because of violence on TV.
The premise and conclusion of the argument is taken to the extreme and does not take in to factor that you may fall somewhere in between the two extremes. In this certain example the last two statements can not be absolutely connected by truth. This argument does not consider that there is a middle ground in this situation. Instead it is thinking rather irrationally and jumping to extreme conclusions.
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