Identify Any Fallacies in the Following Passage Either by Naming

question 63

Essay

Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue.
This river has been changing its course every couple of years for the past few thousand years. Now they've decided that the banks need to be stabilized. Who does the Army Corps of Engineers think it is to come in here and decide they know something Mother Nature doesn't?

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Definitions:

Safe-sex Protocols

Guidelines and practices designed to minimize the risk of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and unintended pregnancies.

HIV Test

A diagnostic test that determines if an individual is infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, which causes AIDS.

Group D Streptococcus

A type of bacteria that can cause infections in humans, often found in the digestive tract and typically not causing serious illness.

Sepsis

A life-threatening condition resulting from the body's extreme response to an infection, leading to tissue damage, organ failure, and potentially death.