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Can Deduction for a Valid Argument produce the wrong conclusion?

Yes: The current definition of valid deductive inference:

A deductive argument is said to be valid if and only if it takes a form that makes it impossible for the premises to be true and the conclusion nevertheless to be false. Otherwise, a deductive argument is said to be invalid. https://iep.utm.edu/val-snd/

Determines that:
The Moon is made from Green Cheese therefore Donald Trump is God.
is a valid argument because its premise is false.

To eliminate this issue we can redefine a valid argument as:
an argument is deductively valid iff the conclusion is a necessary consequence of its premises. © 2022 POlcott

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