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=Implicit Arguments=



1. This cartoon is claiming that there is an argument against every source of energy; whether it be nuclear, oil, coal or wind energy. The cartoon is asserting that people can't make up their minds when it comes to energy and that people need to realize that we need an energy source even if it is not perfect. 2. The visual assumes that the viewer knows about energy sources and their flaws. 3. This cartoon refers to the problems that society has with energy sources. 4. This visual provokes the viewer to ask themselves if gas emissions and unsightliness are big enough issues to completely end usage of an energy source.

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__**Fallacy Project:**__ **Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc**

The picture above demonstrates the Post Hoc fallacy because it claims that, "Everybody who went to the moon has eaten chicken" and therefore, "Chicken makes you go to the moon." The claim is that all people who went to the moon prior to this date have eaten chicken before, therefore chicken causes people to go to the moon, because chicken made the astronauts go to the moon.

"After it, therefore because of it"

The Post Hoc fallacy is committed when a person assumes that there is a relationship between the first and last claims in a sequence because the middle claim applies to the other claims. Statisticians would use this fallacy to claim that there is a correlation between two unrelated topics or objects (like eating chicken and being an astronaut).