Causation in Individuals: Exercise 4-1 Exercise Context: There was a fire in the first Apollo spacecraft during a test on the pad at Cape Kennedy. After the fire, there was a lot of finger pointing about the "cause" of the fire. This much was known: |
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01 | There was a spark in the cabin in a wire with faulty insulation. | |||||||||||||||
02 | The spark was caused by electrical current in the wire. | |||||||||||||||
03 | The test being conducted at the time was a high pressure test of the capsule that called for the cabin to be pressured to 17 lbs. per square inch of pure oxygen. | |||||||||||||||
04 | At 15 lbs. per square inch of pure oxygen, the nylon netting that held the wires and the Velcro used on the cabin to hold things down burns explosively. | |||||||||||||||
05 | At 5 lbs per square inch (the normal pressure in the cabin during space flight), these materials do not burn easily. | |||||||||||||||
Question: Would a person who claimed that the fire was caused by the current in the wire be wrong? Whether your answer is "yes" or "no", justify your answer. |
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