A Rooster Thinks It Causes the Sun to Rise, Because

question 37

Multiple Choice

A rooster thinks it causes the sun to rise, because every morning the rooster crows and then the sun rises. This story illustrates which important point about reasoning?

• A) Roosters do not have the reasoning skills humans do, because humans would never make this type of reasoning mistake.
• B) Sometimes there is no way to disprove something.
• C) A belief can be confirmed hundreds of times, but still be false.
• D) It is more important to confirm a theory than disconfirm it.

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