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Identify the Type of Fallacy in the Following Passage

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Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage.
"Generally speaking, people with college degrees earn more than people who drop out of high school. Therefore you will earn more if you buy one of our degrees. We are offering steep discounts this week."


Definitions:

Milgram Experiment

A psychological experiment conducted by Stanley Milgram in the 1960s to study obedience to authority, where participants were instructed to administer electric shocks to another person.

Stanford University Prison Experiment

A psychological study conducted by Philip Zimbardo in 1971 at Stanford University, where students were assigned roles of prisoners and guards to explore the effects of perceived power.

Generalization

Drawing a conclusion about a certain characteristic of a population based on a sample from it.

Logical Support

The provision of reasons or evidence to justify a claim or argument.

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