QUESTION TEXT: Commissioner: I have been incorrectly criticized for…
QUESTION TYPE: Flawed Reasoning – Exception
CONCLUSION: The commissioner argues his decision on the power plant issue wasn’t made too quickly.
REASONING: He followed the neighborhood association’s recommendations, though without studying them too thoroughly.
He also followed the neighborhood association’s recommendations on moving the jail, some time ago.
ANALYSIS: What is this mysterious neighborhood association, and why should we care what they say? What do they know about power plants? And what’s so magical about a written report?
There are many questions, and the commissioner provides few answers.
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- We don’t know anything about the neighborhood association. Why should we trust their opinions about the power plant?
- CORRECT. The commissioner’s memory sounds pretty good. He didn’t read the report thoroughly, but it doesn’t sound like he’s forgotten what he knows about it.
- Power plants are complicated things. The commissioner should probably consult
with many groups, and not just the
neighborhood group. - Many reports are garbage. Just because something is written on paper doesn’t make it true.
- We don’t even know if the earlier recommendation was any good. Maybe the neighborhood association bungled the jail issue.
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