Slippery Slope Logical Fallacy

The slippery slope logical fallacy is the most interesting to me.


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People make assumptions and often exaggerate outcomes based on their beliefs. I feel like slippery slope fallacies are often born out of fear. People fear that a certain politician coming into power will lead to the country falling apart. People are afraid that going to war will turn into a nuclear winter.

Another slippery slope fallacy I thought about is people who research certain symptoms online to try and diagnose themselves. Someone will have a headache, go on Web M.D., and end up believing they have brain cancer and are going to die.

Slippery slope fallacies are dangerous because they often times end up believing the worst possible outcome will occur without any solid proof to back up their assumption.

Metaphors in Poetry

Metaphors are used a lot in poetry to provide an abstract description of something. I think metaphors are interesting because they show how two things that seem to be very different actually connect. Metaphors are also a way of expressing deeper meaning and they add an element of beauty to writing.

A found a great website about metaphors that states, “Because poems are meant to impart often complex images and feelings to a reader, metaphors often state the comparisons most poignantly.”

The website also provides great examples of metaphors and explains their meanings.

The website can be found here: http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-metaphors-in-poems.html

I love metaphors because they are almost like puzzles - you have to work to decode their meaning since it is not obvious. I feel like philosophers would also like metaphors since they take analytic thought and make people question what the truth of the statement is.