Support People who have never been asked to do more than they can easily do are people who never do all they can. ββββ ββ βββββββ βββ βββ βββββββ βββ ββββ βββ ββββ ββ ββ βββββββ ββ ββββββ ββ βββββββββ ββ βββ βββ ββββ ββββββ βββ ββ ββ ββββ ββββ ββββ βββββ ββ βββ βββββββ
The argument presents a conditional relationship (if youβve never been asked to do more than you can easily do, you never do all you can), then gives an example of someone who confirms the necessary condition (Alex, who hasnβt done all that he can), and then moves to a conclusion (no one has pushed Alex to do more than what comes to him easily).
This is a cookie-cutter confusing necessary and sufficient conditions flaw. The argument says that Alex confirms the necessary condition (he hasnβt done all that he can) and then erroneously infers the sufficient condition (heβs never been asked to do more than he can easily do). Confirming the necessary condition in a relationship tells us nothing about the sufficient condition.
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The flawed reasoning in which βββ ββ βββ βββββββββ ββ ββββ βββββββ ββ βββ ββββββ βββββββββ ββ βββ ββββββββ ββββββ
Anybody who has β βββ βββββ βββ ββββ βββββ ββ ββββββββββββββ βββ ββββββ βββ ββββββββββββ ββββ βββ βββββ βββ ββββ βββββ ββ ββββββββββββββ ββββ ββ βββ ββββββ ββββββββ ββββ ββββββ βββ β ββββ
Anyone who discovers βββββββββ βββ ββ βββββββ βββ βββ ββββββββ βββ βββ ββββββββ βββββββββ ββ β ββββββββ ββββ βββ ββββββ βββββ ββββββββββ βββββββββ ββββ ββββββββββ ββββ βββ βββββ ββββββββ βββ βββ ββββββββ βββββββββ ββ β ββββββββ
Any person who ββββ βββ ββββ ββββββββββ ββββββββββ ββ β ββββββ βββ ββββ βββ ββββββββββ ββββββββββ ββ ββ βββ ββββ ββββ ββ β ββββββ βββ ββββββββββββ ββββββββββ βββ ββββ ββ ββββ ββ β ββββββ βββ βββββ ββββββββββ βββββββββββ
By definition, a βββββββ ββ βββ ββββββ βββββ ββββββ βββββββ ββ ββββββββ ββββββ ββββ ββββββ ββββββββ ββ βββ ββββββββββ ββ βββββββββ β ββββββ βββββ ββββββ βββββββ ββ β βββββ ββββββ ββ ββββββββ ββββββ ββ ββββ ββββββ ββββββββ ββ βββ ββββββββββ ββββ ββ β ββββββββ
People who have βββββ ββββ βββββββββ ββββ ββββ ββββββ ββββββ ββ ββββ ββββ ββ βββ βββββ βββββββ βββββ ββββββββ βββββββ βββ ββ βββ βββββ βββββββ ββββββββ ββββββ ββββ ββ ββ βββββββββ ββ βββ ββββββ ββ βββββ ββ βββ ββββ βββββ ββββ ββββ βββββββββ
