# Can you outsmart the slippery slope fallacy?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: Elizabeth Cox
- Year: 2021
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: History, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_cox_can_you_outsmart_the_slippery_slope_fallacy)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

It's 1954. Vietnamese nationalists are on the verge of securing an independent Vietnam under communist leader Ho Chi Minh. U.S. President Eisenhower claims that by virtue of the "falling domino principle," communist control of Vietnam would lead to the global spread of authoritarian communist regimes. Can you spot the problem with this argument? Elizabeth Cox explores the slippery slope fallacy. \[Directed by TOGETHER, narrated by Jack Cutmore-Scott, music by Massassauga\].

## Lectures

1. [Can you outsmart the slippery slope fallacy?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/elizabeth_cox_can_you_outsmart_the_slippery_slope_fallacy/a88e8097379d), 8 min (TED's player)