alleryA rooster crows and then the sun rises, so the rooster made the sun rise. This error is called what?
AFalse cause fallacy
BStraw man fallacy
CArgument from silence
DHasty generalization
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. False cause fallacy
Treating an event that merely comes first as the cause of the later one is the false cause fallacy.
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