Evaluate the following causal claims and decide whether the item is an example o
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Evaluate the following causal claims and decide whether the item is an example of: (choose and type/write the letter from the list below)
(a) the third-party technique
(b) a misconception of science used to support a non-scientific conclusion
(c) a plausible scientific conclusion
(d) argument from ignorance
(e) confirmation bias
5. Pons and Fleischman suggest that because current scientific evidence does not disprove cold fusion, then this process must occur.
6. Adam Smith argued that economic supply if increased would result in a decrease in economic demand.
7. Proponents of cold fusion ignore negative evidence from both physicists and “elite” private universities because they are “protecting their turf.”
Explanation / Answer
5. Arguing that current scientific evidence could not disprove cold fusion, then this must occur, is an argument from ignorance. Because we cannot disaprove a concept, it doesn't mean that the concept is proved, and emphasis on the acceptance because it lacks proof is an argument from ignorance.
Answer: (d) argument from ignorance
7. This is a plausible scientific conclusion, as the increase in the supply of a commodity would result in the decrease of the demand for the commodity. This is a well proved concept of economics.
Answer: (c). a plausible scientific conclusion
8. This is a confirmation bias. As the propenents of cold fusion are favoring their viewpoint by falsifying the negative evidences on false base. Confirmation bias when we tend to favor our perspective on some false argument or evidence.
Answer. (e). confirmation bias.
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