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Myth Deconstruction - Plant (EN)

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Deconstructing climate misinformation to identify reasoning errors
Cook, J., Ellerton, P., & Kinkead, D. (2018). Deconstructing climate misinformation to identify reasoning errors. Environmental Research Letters, 13(2), 024018. Link to PDF & Link to Supplement

Step-by-step deconstruction

The table below is inspired by the simplified supplement and may differ slightly from what is shown in the GIF. This is mostly due to make the text fit into the available space which made it necessary to reword some of it.

1	Identify claim	CO₂ is plant food.
2	Argument structure	Premise 1: Plants need CO₂ to grow. Conclusion: CO₂ is good for plants.
3	Inferential Intent	Deduction
4	Validity	INVALID Fails to take into account negative impacts of global warming on plant growth.
4a	Hidden premises	Premise 1: Plants need CO₂ to grow. Premise 2: Greenhouse warming has no negative impacts on plants. Conclusion: CO₂ is good for plants.
5	Check premises	Premise 1 is true. Premise 2 is false and slothful induction. CO₂ fertilisation is just one factor affecting plant growth. Climate change impacts agriculture through increased heat stress and flooding. The full picture shows that negative impacts outweigh benefits.
6	Status of claim	FALSE The argument is made valid with an extra premise but the premise is false.
7	Summary of fallacies	Slothful induction: Ignores the ways that climate change impacts agriculture through increased heat stress and flooding. CO₂ fertilisation is just one factor affecting plant growth. The full picture shows that negative impacts outweigh benefits.