Radioactive waste from nuclear power plants has been temporarily stored on-site, but this is not a satisfactory kind ...

colleen_ May 11, 2020

Cause and Effect

I am having trouble figuring out when an argument is using case and effect. I got this question right but drew it out as a cause and effect relationship. How can I better identify when there is a cause and effect relationship and when there is not?

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colleen_ May 18, 2020

Hi, I posted this a week ago and am still waiting for an answer.

colleen_ May 28, 2020

Hello, it has now been over two weeks and I'd love an answer. Thanks!

colleen_ June 14, 2020

I'm commenting to "bump" my question back up to the top. I'd still love an answer and it's been over a month since I originally asked. Thanks!

Ashley-Tien-2 May 7, 2021

The response times can be unreasonably slow so I get it.

This stimulus doesn't really have a cause and effect relationship. One surefire way to tell that a cause and effect relationship is what you need to primarily focus on is to look at the language in the stimulus: is there causal language? Like "due to" "led to" "produces" "as a consequence" "explains" etc and there isn't really any here. A common flaw question goes from correlation in the premises to causation in the conclusion and we just don't see that here. An example would be on hot summer days, the level of crime increases so therefore, hot weather causes higher levels of crime which doesn't make any sense. The two things may be correlated but the higher levels of crime may be caused by something else.

In this stimulus, the gap is nestled within the solution the author provides. He does put a lid on future pollution by putting forth the solution to shut down all nuclear plants but what will happen to the nuclear waste that already exists? He is providing an incomplete solution and that is what the correct answer points out.