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"Technology causes unemployment. Unemployment causes poverty. Therefore, technology causes poverty." What type of reasoning is this?

A Analogical reasoning
B Causal chain (transitive) reasoning
C Inductive reasoning
D Circular reasoning

✓ Correct Answer: Option B

This is a causal chain: A causes B, B causes C, therefore A causes C. It is transitive reasoning applied to causal claims.

💡 Why is B) the correct answer?

The correct answer to the question ""Technology causes unemployment. Unemployment causes poverty. Therefore, technology causes poverty." What type of reasoning is this?" is Option B: Causal chain (transitive) reasoning.

The other options — A) Analogical reasoning, C) Inductive reasoning, D) Circular reasoning — are incorrect for this General Knowledge question. As explained above: This is a causal chain: A causes B, B causes C, therefore A causes C. It is transitive reasoning applied to causal claims.

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