What is an example of falling victim to a false cause?
A) believing that the sun will rise every morning because it has always done so in the past
B) believing that a rooster's call causes the sun to rise because the sun rises when the rooster crows
C) believing that the earth revolves around the sun because scientific data indicates that this is the case
D) believing that the sun is going to burn out because a charismatic person said that it would

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B) is an example of a false cause fallacy because it incorrectly assumes that the rooster's crowing causes the sun to rise, mistaking correlation (the timing of events) for causation.

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