Flawed ReasoningDiff: Medium
Logic Breakdown
Passage Summary: Critics used a bad survey to say a movie is harmful, so the critics must be wrong and the movie isn't harmful at all.
Conclusion: The critics' assertion that the movie will cause irresponsible behavior is definitely false.
Reasoning: The survey data the critics used to support their claim was found to be deeply flawed.
Analysis: This is a 'failure of proof' flaw, where the author assumes that because a claim hasn't been proven true, it must therefore be false. Just because the critics' evidence (the survey) is bad doesn't mean their conclusion (the movie is harmful) is actually incorrect. Look for an answer that describes this error of confusing a lack of evidence for the claim with evidence against the claim.
Conclusion: The critics' assertion that the movie will cause irresponsible behavior is definitely false.
Reasoning: The survey data the critics used to support their claim was found to be deeply flawed.
Analysis: This is a 'failure of proof' flaw, where the author assumes that because a claim hasn't been proven true, it must therefore be false. Just because the critics' evidence (the survey) is bad doesn't mean their conclusion (the movie is harmful) is actually incorrect. Look for an answer that describes this error of confusing a lack of evidence for the claim with evidence against the claim.
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Correct Answer
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A is correct. Showing that the only evidence is deeply flawed undermines support for the critics’ claim, but it doesn’t establish that the claim is false. The argument leaps from “unsupported” to “untrue.”
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