The article discusses how to turn everyday arguments into formal ones for computers to understand. It focuses on the slippery slope argument, often used to convince people not to do something. The researchers use a specific argumentation framework to analyze a slippery slope argument about gene editing in a blog post. They find that the persuasiveness of this type of argument depends on whether the audience finds the consequences truly unacceptable. This means that people's values play a big role in deciding if a slippery slope argument is convincing.