Identify the fallacy: "If we allow students to use their phones during breaks, soon they'll be using them during class, then they'll stop paying attention completely, and eventually the entire education system will collapse."

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Responses

Red Herring
Red Herring

Slippery Slope
Slippery Slope

False Analogy
False Analogy EndFragment

Strawman

Answer 1

The fallacy in the statement is a Slippery Slope. This is because it argues that allowing students to use their phones during breaks will inevitably lead to a series of negative consequences culminating in the collapse of the entire education system, without providing evidence that such a progression is inevitable.