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Critic to economist: In yet another of your bumbling forecasts, last year you predicted that this country's economy would soon go into recession if current economic policies were not changed. Instead, economic growth is even stronger this year.
Economist: There was nothing at all bumbling about my warning. Indeed, it convinced the country's leaders to change economic policies, which is what prevented a recession.
16.
The economist responds to the critic by
a
indicating that the state of affairs on which the economist's prediction was conditioned did not obtain
b
distinguishing between a prediction that has not yet turned out to be correct and one that has turned out to be incorrect
c
attempting to show that the critic's statements are mutually inconsistent
d
offering a particular counterexample to a general claim asserted by the critic
e
offering evidence against one of the critic's factual premises