Another example of Jay Severin’s sub-standard reasoning skills:
Today Jay said he had been looking at a decoration on a milk carton that said “No Artificial Growth Hormones.” From this, he came to two conclusions:
- Artificial growth hormones are bad for you.
- Jay has been drinking milk containing artificial growth hormones all his life, and only recently have artificial growth hormones been removed.
Conclusion #1 make some sense. It is reasonable to conclude that the manufacturer of this milk wants Jay to believe that artificial growth hormones are bad for you. But conclusion #2? Here’s an alternative explanation. Artificial growth hormones have recently been introduced by some milk producers; however, the brand of milk Jay buys is (and has always been) artificial-hormone free.
Which of these conclusions would you have come to?
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