Question

A professor at the University of New Zealand noticed that whenever there were many planes flying directly over the University when they took off from the airport the weather was hotter. He postulated that the airplanes were heating the air so causing the higher temperatures. This actually occurred. What was the fallacy this professor was using in his thinking and what should his reasoning have been?

Answer 1

The fallacy used by the teacher is called the fallacy of false causality.

How is this fallacy established?

• The fallacy of false chance establishes a relation between two elements.
• This relationship is false and does not present any type of interaction.

The fallacy of false causality establishes two elements in a cause-and-effect relationship, however, this relationship is false.

This can be seen in the statement made by the professor, where he shows that the passage of planes is responsible for the hot weather. However, the increase in temperature is caused by weather factors that are not influenced by airplanes.

Therefore, there is no cause-and-effect relationship between the planes and the climate of the region, which shows that this statement is incorrect.

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