Lack of support v. false conclusion

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Lack of Support v. False Conclusion Tag

Sample questions

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Key tactics

Here's an example of a flawed argument of this type:
Gladis thinks the website we are on right now is called 7sage.com. She claims to know this because she cast her soul into the astral plane and communed with a goatman on Ganymede, who told her this website is called 7sage.com. Obviously Gladis is a crazy person, so this website must not be 7sage.com
Just because the evidence offered FOR a claim does not hold up, that absence or weakness of evidence does NOT count as evidence AGAINST the claim.

Answer choice tips

Example answer choices that point to this flaw:
rejects the possibility that what has not been proven is nevertheless true.
infers that there is no extraterrestrial intelligence in neighboring star systems from the lack of proof that there is.
reasons that since Smith never disproved the claim that he threatened Lopez, he did in fact threaten her.

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