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As shown below, this stimulus sets up two conditional relationships, each with the same sufficient condition:
If squirrels eat from a bird feeder, the feeder wonβt attract many birds.
If squirrels eat from a bird feeder, the feeder doesnβt have a protective cover.
Because bird feeders that squirrels eat from both donβt attract many birds and donβt have a protective cover, the author concludes that any bird feeder without a protective cover doesnβt attract many birds.
This is the cookie-cutter flaw of hasty generalization, wherein the author draws a broad conclusion from too little evidence. We know that some bird feeders without protective covers donβt attract many birdsβthat describes any feeder from which squirrels eat. But we donβt know that all bird feeders without protective covers donβt attract many birds! Maybe there are uncovered feeders in areas where squirrels donβt live, and many birds eat from those!
The flawed pattern of reasoning ββ βββ ββββββββ βββββ ββ ββββ βββββββ ββ ββββ ββ βββββ βββ ββ βββ βββββββββ ββββββββββ
If a tire's ββββββββ ββ βββ ββββ βββ ββββ ββββ ββββ βββ ββββββββββββ βββ ββ β ββββ βββββ βββ ββββββββββββ β ββββββ βββββ ββ ββββ βββ ββββββββ βββ βββ ββββ ββ ββ β βββ βββββ ββββββ βββ ββββ ββββββββ ββββββββββ βββ βββββ ββββ βββ ββββ βββ ββββββββββββ
If a tire's ββββββββ ββ βββ ββββ βββ ββββ ββββ ββββ βββ ββββββββββββ βββ ββββ ββββββββ ββββ ββββββ βββ βββ ββββ ββ βββ βββ βββββ ββββββββ ββ βββββ βββ ββββββββ ββββββββββ ββ β ββββ ββββ ββββ βββ βββββββββββ ββ βββ βββ βββββ ββββββββ ββ βββββ βββ ββββββββ ββββββββββ
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If a tire's ββββββββ ββ βββ ββββ βββ ββββ ββββ ββββ βββ ββββββββββββ βββ ββββ ββββββββ ββββ ββββββ βββ βββ ββ βββ βββ βββββ ββββββββ ββ βββββ βββ ββββββββ ββββββββββ ββββββββββ ββ βββ βββ βββββ ββββββββ ββ βββββ βββ ββββββββ ββββββββββ β ββββ ββββ ββββ βββ ββββββββββββ
If a tire's ββββββββ ββ βββ ββββ βββ ββββ ββββ ββββ βββ ββββββββββββ βββ ββ ββββ ββββ ββββ βββ βββββββββββ ββ ββ ββ βββββ ββββββ ββ ββββββ ββββββ ββββββββββ ββ β ββββ ββ βββββ ββββββ ββ ββββββ ββββββ βββββββ βββ ββββββββ ββββ ββββββββ βββ βββ ββββ βββ ββββ ββ ββ ββββ βββββββ