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Identif the fallacies in the following bad inductive arguments.
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The students at this school have no right to private parking spaces. Why?
In the last l0 years, two students have left their cars in the lots for weeks
at a time.
2.
Men do not know how to bargain. How do I know this? I've said it before
and I'll say it again, women know how to get the best deals.
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Why should any servlce man or woman obey the President? He dodged
J.
the draft during the Vietnam era.
4. Scientists claim that you can't get a cotd by being chilled. But, last night
I had a cold beer and this morning I have a runny nose and a fever.
5. The constitution guarantees free speech. What right do the police have in
taking away orrr bullhorn we used to demonstrate at this funeral?
6.
Dobson and that whole right-wing Christian group are no different than
Hitler. They are Nazis at heart, trying to control everyone's beliefs.
right do you have to tell me to be home by mronight! Before you
and Dad were married, you two stayed out until 3:00 AM on your prom
7. What
night.
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8.
While he was alive, Linus Pauling won a Nobel Prize in Physics and one
in Chemistry, so, if he says Vitamin C prevents colds, Vitamin C
prevents colds!
9. Ever since the sex education courses were instituted at Wasson High
School, pregnancies have tripled. Teaching young people about sex
encourages them to have sex.
l0 Why should you release my friend trom prison? For the best reason in the
world. If you don't, your family will regret the day that you became the
chief of police.
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ll.Scientists cannot disprove that God exists. That is the best reason for
believing in God.
12." 'Macho Trucks' make a man, a Man! If you want to be a manly man,
drive a'Macho Truck'."
13.I'm sure that I'll be excused tiom Jury duty one I expldin that my poor
kitty is not feeling well and I don't trust Justin to stay home and take care
of it while I'm in that un_comfortable Jury room all day.
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l4,Saundra explains, to those who will listen, that she is the most honest
person in the world. She absolutely refuses to lie for any reason. As
evidence, she told me she never lied in her life-and it must be true, since
she doesn't lie for any reason.
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