Can you outsmart the slippery slope fallacy? - Elizabeth Cox

TW: Please note that this video features a strobe effect at 5:28.

For being a Demon of Reason, you think by now he remember to bring his own suit

"The possibilities are not a chain -- they're a web." My favorite quote from this episode!

"Don't worry, I may have that power, but I promise not to use it." TedED knows how much we like to see him stealing clothes🤣

Every parent and teacher telling you that one bad grade will lead to you being homeless 😠

A few extra insights on slippery slopes: Most slippery slope arguments assume no intervention - no risk mitigation. This is like assuming once you get on a highway, you can't get off the highway until you reach the very end. That point brings up a good way to address slippery slope arguments instead of dismissing them outright. Accept the risks as valid concerns and develop a risk-mitigation plan to prevent those outcomes from happening. This is not unlike deciding which offramp you'll take before you end up at the end of the highway.

Ok, but can we talk about how cool his apartment/house is? The demon of reason has a sense of style despite having a very empty closet.

Oversimplified was right. Drawing Eisenhower is very hard

so, basically, in order to avoid falling for the fallacy, instead of saying "A will result in B", one just needs to say "A can result in B", since the problem is the certainty of the catastrophic outcome the subject is supposedly trying to avoid

I think it's also worth pointing out that what ultimately brought down Cambodia's genocidal government was a war with Vietnam. So while communism initially spread to Vietnam's neighboring countries, it's not like they were all buddy-buddy

I love how his last sentence is a slippery slope fallacy.

The demon of reason's back, and I couldn't be more excited.

Is the reason he always swaps outfits meant to be a reference to the Emperor Has No Clothes fable? Since in every episode he’s disproving an argument someone is making (thus showing that the emperor ‘has no clothes’)

Good on TedEd for actually teaching critical thinking skills with these videos. The world sorely needs them.

Unfortunately, Domino Theory led to the US propping up hard right dictators in many nations, especially Central America, the consequences of which we are still dealing with today.

0:17 The Canadian River continuously apologizing as it breaks the poor beaver's log dam.

I love these series with demon of reason!!! Made my dayyy~

I may not know the anatomy of the demon of reason, but that back posture certainly doesn't look comfortable.

The most illogical thing in these videos is the fact that everyone lets the demon talk and just listen.

“Only 78%…far from an inevitability.” Uh, yeah. If something was 78% likely to kill me, I’m not taking those chances.