Which logical fallacy is used in the text?
Last year, the city of Greenpoint allocated more money to public parks. This year, however, littering increased, so the increase in park funding must have been responsible.
A: appeal to nature: the assumption that natural things are always good
B: false causation: the assumption that because two things happened together, one caused the other
The text argues that increased park funding was responsible for an increase in littering. However, even though littering increased after funding to parks was increased, that doesn't necessarily mean that the funding was responsible. This illustrates a type of logical fallacy known as false causation.