Yeah, I also had a hard time with this RC. It is unfortunate because I really enjoyed most of the passages. Anyways, I will see you all tonight.

Sweet, something Hawaiʻi related! Anyone else notice the missing ʻokinas? Look forward to another great BR session.

It was an awesome workshop! Corey, thank you so much for sharing your insight. It was great to see how you actively engage with LR questions. Dave, thank you for organizing this. You are doing a great service for everyone!

This is a very interesting question.

I think the key to this problem is an assumption. The author of the stimulus is making the assumption that there are other ways for a forest fire to start other than campers or lightning. Do we have any reason to believe that there are other possibilities? No. There is no premise to support this, that is why it is an assumption by the author. That is also why this argument is flawed. It is not a deductive argument because it hinges on an assumption.

I also realize that I have been using examples with only two options. However, this flaw could appear in an argument with a lot of possibilities. Here is an example:

I have no proof that film A (nominated) will win the best picture award

I have no proof that film B (nominated) will win the best picture award

I have no proof that film C (nominated) will win the best picture award

I have no proof that film D (nominated) will win the best picture award

I have no proof that film E (nominated) will win the best picture award

Thus, I have no proof that film A or film B or film C or film D or film E will win the best picture award.

This argument requires a huge assumption: that there are other films that were nominated. If there are no other films nominated, we do have proof that one of these five films will win. They were the only ones nominated.

I will see you all tonight!

Got mine. Good luck everyone!

I will be there tonight for PT 68!

@ Ouch! I hope we all don't have to wait that long this time. I don't think I can do anything productive until the scores come out.

OMG! I had to do a double-take when I saw it!

I will be there!