Which logical fallacy is used in the text?
In January, we opened a new prison in town. By May, criminal activity had dropped. So, the new prison must have been the reason for the drop in crime.
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
C: hasty generalization: a broad claim based on too few observations
The text argues that the new prison led to less criminal activity. However, that's not necessarily true. For instance, there might have been other factors that affected criminal activity, which were unrelated to the opening of the new prison. This illustrates a type of logical fallacy known as false causation.