Critical Reasoning (CR) | Re: Television allows us to transmit images of ourselves that propagate in

­Television allows us to transmit images of ourselves that propagate into space. The earliest of these transmissions have by now reached all of our neighboring star systems. None of these transmissions, so far as we know, has been recognized; we have yet to receive any messages of extraterrestrial origin. We must conclude that there is no extraterrestrial intelligence in any of our neighboring starsystems.

The conclusion of the argument is thefollowing:

there is no extraterrestrial intelligence in any of our neighboring starsystems

We see that the reasoning of the argument is basically that, since information that we exist has reached neighboring star systems and we haven't received any messages in response, there must not be any intelligence in our neighboring starsystems.

The reasoning in the argument is questionable because theargument

This question is a Logical Flaw question, and the correct answer will describe a way in which the argument is questionable, i.e.,flawed.

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Statistics : Posted by MartyMurray • on 06 May 2024, 06:45 • Replies 1 • Views 113

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