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Fallacy Of Weak Induction Analysis
Slippery slope is an informal fallacy of weak induction. It draws a conclusion from events of an exaggerated and improbable chain reaction. The following DIRECTV commercial shows a clear example of a fallacy of slippery slope: “When you wait forever for the cable guy, you get bored. When you get bored, you start staring out windows. When you start staring out windows, you see things you shouldn’t see. When you see things you shouldn’t see, you need to vanish. When you need to vanish, you fake your own death. When you fake your own death, you dye your eyebrows and when you dye your eyebrows, you attend your own funeral as a guy named Phil Shifley.”
Hasty generalization is another informal fallacy of weak induction. In an inductive argument,

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