Asked by Avery Williams

Which logical fallacy is used in the text?
All of my friends are coming to my birthday party. If Erin doesn't, she might as well tell me that she doesn't like me.
A. false dichotomy: an argument that presents only two choices when more options exist
B. false causation: the assumption that because two things happened together, one caused the other

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A. false dichotomy — it wrongly treats "Erin doesn't come" as equivalent to "Erin doesn't like me," ignoring other possible reasons for her absence.