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Week 4, DQ3: When Should You Be Suspicious???

Discussion on identifying deceptive or misleading information.

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Week 4, DQ3: When Should You Be Suspicious???Thinking critically does not mean that we walk around with a snarl,eager to pounce on and attack every utterance heard or sentenceread. At the same time, however, we must be vigilant in a world whereboth persuasion and manipulation are used, with great effect, tounlawfully or unethically take our time and treasure and even our lives.To wit:The ongoing financial crisis of 2008,the charge and ultimately futile search for weapons of massdestruction in Iraq,1950s ads for cigarettes as being good for your "T-zone" (throatand esophagus),an infinite number of ads for food products that taste good buthave little or no nutritional value,the correspondingpaucityof ads or information about thepervasiveness of sugar and high fructose corn syrup in the foodchain,and the list could go on....A. What keys or tips can raise suspicion about the validity ofarguments that are presented verbally? Cite at least one specificexample of something you heard recently.B. What keys or tips can raise suspicion about the validity ofarguments that are presented in writing? Cite at least one specificexample of somethingyou read recently.RESPONSE 1For someone like myself who prides in taking care of my body byworking out both cardiovascularly and anaerobically (weight training),I get disgusted with these commercials that show a man or womanwho is rocking a 10% body fat or less with a six pack, and the

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