Patricia noticed that every time she set something on her kitchen counter, it ended up on the floor next to the cat. First she noticed this happened with a pencil, and then a marble. She thought it might be that the counter was sloped and round things rolled off, but then it happened to one of her cat's square catnip toys. She concluded that her dog was trying to get the cat in trouble.
Identify the hypothesis in the following argument; and, if it fails to meet the four criteria for good scientific hypotheses, state which criterion is violated, and explain your answer.
Hypothesis: The dog is trying to get the cat in trouble. Although this hypothesis has explanatory power and is liable to empirical testing, it is unnecessarily complicated (the cat might be doing it!).
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