Unfortunately, this way of thinking can often lead to bad decision making, as people are more likely to take drastic measures to avoid the supposed impending doom. While it's important to be mindful of potential consequences, it's also important to remember that the slippery slope fallacy is just that - a fallacy, a small event doesn't necessarily mean that disaster is inevitable.

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Types:

1. Casual

A modest instigating incident, according to the causal slippery slope theory, will ineluctably result in a significant conclusion. Several instances of the causal slippery slope fallacy are provided below:

• If students are required to wear uniforms to school, they’ll do less shopping at local clothing stores. With less business, the stores will close, which will hurt our local economy. 

2. Presidential: A precedential slippery slope argument contends that a certain response to one problem automatically entails a certain response to any subsequent problems, regardless of how similar or dissimilar they may be. Several instances of "precedential slippery slope" arguments are shown below:

• If we allow this customer to give an IOU instead of paying their full bill, we’ll need to accept IOUs from anybody who can’t afford their entire bill. 
• If emotional support dogs are allowed on campus, what’s going to stop students from trying to bring emotional support horses, snakes, or scorpions?

3. Conceptual: Conceptual slippery slope contends that there is no essential distinction between the two scenarios since it is easy to get from one to the other through a series of stages. Building on this, a theoretical slippery slope asserts that the absence of fundamental distinction between the two possibilities requires that they be handled equally. Example-

• First they’ll allow residents to keep chickens in their yards, then they’ll start allowing people to keep pigs and sheep. Soon, this entire neighborhood will be one giant livestock farm. 

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