In 2002, Baseball Pitcher Randy Johnson Began Wearing a Particular

question 58

Multiple Choice

In 2002, baseball pitcher Randy Johnson began wearing a particular metal-impregnated twisted rope necklace designed to "stabilize the electricity flow through the body." He claimed that it improved his pitching and his batting. One should question this claim because

• A) the wearing of the necklace and improvement in performance may have been coincidental.
• B) people are good at determining what affects their performance.
• C) he failed to distinguish observation from inference.
• D) personal testimonials are a reliable way to evaluate explanations.

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