Ecologist: Support Forest fires, the vast majority of which are started by lightning, are not only a natural phenomenon to which all forest ecosystems are well adapted, but are required for many forests to flourish. ██████ █████ ██████████ ███ ███████ ███ █████████ ██ ████ █████ ███████ ██ █████████████ ██ ████████ ███ ███████ ███ █████████ ██ ███████ ██ ██████████ ███████ █████████ ██ ██████████ █████ ████ ██████████ █████ ████████ ██ ████ ██ █████ ██████████ ████████ ██ █████ ██████ ██ ███████ ██ ███████ ██████ █████ ███ ███████████ ███ █████████████ ██████ █████ ██████ ██ ████ █████ ███ ███████ ██ ████ ██████████ ███ ██████████
The author concludes that humans should not try to prevent or control forest fires; rather, forest fires should be left alone and allowed to burn out naturally. This is based on the fact that forest fires are required for many forests to flourish.
The conclusion tells us that we shouldn’t try to prevent or control forest fires. But the premise doesn’t tell us anything about when we “should not” do something. All we know from the premise is that many forests need forest fires in order for their ecosystems to flourish. The correct answer needs to connect this premise to something prescriptive. For example, “If forest fires are required by many forests to flourish, then humans should not try to prevent or control forest fires.”
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