Question

Identify the fallacy committed in the following argument: “There must be intelligent life on other planets. No one has proven that there isn't”.

Options :

  1. Appeal to ignorance

  2. False alternative

  3. Slippery slope

  4. Hasty Generalization

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Answer :

Appeal to ignorance

Solution :

There must be intelligent life on other planets, no one has proven then there isn't.

Given a statement has fallacy of appeal to ignorance it says that your conclusion must be true because there is no evidence of it.

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