Cause Effect Website 11/17

   I thought that the Cause and Effect Website tool was very useful because it had a lot of information, starting with the main page which focuses on causal arguments. I did not know that using inductive reasoning by arguing causation was such a simple concept to understand, because it is always used in the court room. In the court room, the lawyers of both the plaintiff and of the defendant are constantly making arguments to causation while trying to sway the jury's opinions and reach the verdict. Another example similar to that of the exercises from the link on the main menu is if you and all three of your roommates go out to eat at La Vic's and everyone orders the same thing, a burrito with carne asada. The next day, everyone has to stay at home and miss class because everyone has food poisoning. Therefore, the idea which may be considered the most significant "commonality" in their illness must be the fact that all of the roommates ate a burrito at La Vic's, not they they all went to the gym together.