Support A species in which mutations frequently occur will develop new evolutionary adaptations in each generation. βββββ βββββββ βββββββ ββββββββ βββββββββββββ βββββββ ββββ ββ ββββ βββββββ βββ ββββββββββββ βββββββββββ ββ ββββ βββββββββββ β βββββββ ββ βββββ βββββββββ ββββββββββ βββββ ββββ βββββββ ββββββββ βββββββββββββ ββββββββ
The argument presents two sufficient conditions leading to the same necessary condition: If a species has frequent mutations or survives dramatic environmental changes, then it will develop evolutionary adaptations. It then concludes that one of the sufficient conditions leads to the other sufficient condition.
This argument features bad conditional reasoning. Weβre given two sufficient conditions that lead to the same necessary condition, but we canβt conclude that one sufficient condition leads to the other. There is no stated relationship between a species having frequent mutations and it surviving dramatic environmental changes, so this conclusion is flawed.
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