Semantic Slippery Slope Fallacy: Difference between revisions

* This is also known as "Loki's Wager". In [[Norse Mythology]], Loki wagered that two Dwarven blacksmiths could not make a particular weapon and offered his head as collateral. When the Dwarves succeeded, they demanded Loki's head, but he made their claim irrelevant by stating that they had won ''only'' his head, and that since there is no clear line where the head ends and the neck begins, they could not take the former without also taking the latter. The term "[[Loki's Wager]]" has become used as an alternative name for this very fallacy.