Which is an example of base rate fallacy?
D. Mary knows one person from Meridian high Who is boring, so she thinks everyone from that school is boring.
Answer:
B. The weather was frigid in Minnesota; it wasn't warm at all.
Explanation:
An antonym is the opposite word or meaning of a given word. It gives the exact opposite or different meaning of what is implied by a word.
In the context of the word "frigid", the antonym will be "warm, hot, pleasant," etc. And among the given statements, sentence B uses the antonym context of the word "frigid". While the other three statements give the implication of the coldness of Minnesota, the second sentence uses the antonym "warm" to add a different aspect of the coldness of the place.
Thus, the correct answer is option B.
A. The speaker is saying that she and her peers should be allowed to handle the punishments for people like Hester Prynne. She thinks this because they would band together as a group and be all on the same page in their punishment, rather than leaving it up to the magistrate--whose punishment she does not think adequately fit the crime Hester committed.
The last one...
there are not enough bicycles for the residents of the kilbarchan home for boys.