Argument: “Soon after the new manager joined, it rained heavily for a week, so the new manager brings bad luck.” Which best describes the flaw in this reasoning?
Correct answer B. It assumes that because one event followed another, the first caused the second
Explanation
The rain merely came after the manager's arrival; there is no link between the two. Treating sequence in time as proof of cause is the flaw.
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