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Full Argument: Some environmentalists claim that shifting to nuclear power is necessary to reach zero-emissions targets. But these same environmentalists previously campaigned against nuclear power due to safety concerns. Since their position has been inconsistent over time, we should ignore their current recommendation to invest in nuclear plants.
Which of the following best describes the method of reasoning used in the argument?
- It assumes that because two distinct events happen at the very same exact point in time, one of them must necessarily be causing the other.
- It rejects a recommendation on the ground that the evidence supporting it has, by now, simply grown quite outdated and stale.
- It improperly generalizes from the stated views of a few named environmentalists to the wider views held by all of them.
- It relies on a circular argument in which the stated conclusion does nothing more than restate the very premises it was supposed to prove first.
- It attacks the past behavior or consistency of the proponents of a position rather than addressing the merits of the position itself.
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