A corporate executive asserts: 'Either we adopt this artificial intelligence software immediately or our company will face bankruptcy within six months.' Which fallacy is evident?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. False dilemma artificially restricting viable options
- Step 1: The executive presents only two extreme outcomes: immediate adoption or bankruptcy, ignoring gradual trials or alternative software. Artificially eliminating reasonable intermediate options constitutes a false dilemma (or false dichotomy). Answer: False dilemma artificially restricting viable options. Why not the others: "Equivocation regarding definitions" relies on using an ambiguous word in different senses within the same deductive reasoning; "Appeal to unqualified authority" cites a celebrity or non-expert figure as definitive proof of a technical factual claim; "Sunk cost commitment error" justifies continuing a failing enterprise based on past unrecoverable financial investments.
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