In 1990, the rock band Judas Priest was put on trial for contributing to the suicide of a teenager
It was alleged that their music, when played backward, encouraged a teenage boy to shoot himself. Expert witnesses at the trial testified that subliminal messages are very unlikely to cause major changes in behavior, and even less likely to do so when they are reversed. The musicians should be thankful that the jury remembered which principle of critical thinking?
A) Extraordinary claims
B) Occam's Razor
Incorrect. While there is probably a much simpler explanation for the suicide of the young man, it is not addressed in this question.
C) Replicability
D) Correlation vs. causation
Answer: A
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