QUESTION TYPE: Flawed Reasoning
CONCLUSION: The joker is apparently someone other than Miller.
REASONING: The note was not written in Miller’s handwriting.
ANALYSIS: Franklin ignores the possibility that Miller could have disguised her handwriting, or gotten someone else to write the note.
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- CORRECT. Yes. Miller could still have been in on the prank, but gotten someone else to write the note.
- Franklin states the handwriting samples were not from the same source (Miller). It is a different claim.
- Miller was jealous of him. It may not be a great explanation for a prank, but it is an explanation.
- Franklin makes his argument on the basis of the information he has. It doesn’t matter why he doesn’t have more information.
- If the handwriting were Miller’s, Franklin might still only have suspected Miller, but sought more information.
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