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 sentence
read. At the same time, however, we must be vigilant in a world where
both persuasion and manipulation are used, with great effect, to
unlawfully 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 mass
destruction in Iraq,
1950s ads for cigarettes as being good for your "T-zone" (throat
and esophagus),
an infinite number of ads for food products that taste good but
have little or no nutritional value,
the corresponding paucity of ads or information about the
pervasiveness of sugar and high fructose corn syrup in the food
chain,
and the list could go on....
A. What keys or tips can raise suspicion about the validity of
arguments that are presented verbally? Cite at least one specific
example of something you heard recently.
B. What keys or tips can raise suspicion about the validity of
arguments that are presented in writing? Cite at least one specific
example of something you read recently.
RESPONSE 1
For someone like myself who prides in taking care of my body by
working out both cardiovascularly and anaerobically (weight training),
I get disgusted with these commercials that show a man or woman
who is rocking a 10% body fat or less with a six pack, and the
Thinking critically does not mean that we walk around with a snarl,
eager to pounce on and attack every utterance heard or sentence
read. At the same time, however, we must be vigilant in a world where
both persuasion and manipulation are used, with great effect, to
unlawfully 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 mass
destruction in Iraq,
1950s ads for cigarettes as being good for your "T-zone" (throat
and esophagus),
an infinite number of ads for food products that taste good but
have little or no nutritional value,
the corresponding paucity of ads or information about the
pervasiveness of sugar and high fructose corn syrup in the food
chain,
and the list could go on....
A. What keys or tips can raise suspicion about the validity of
arguments that are presented verbally? Cite at least one specific
example of something you heard recently.
B. What keys or tips can raise suspicion about the validity of
arguments that are presented in writing? Cite at least one specific
example of something you read recently.
RESPONSE 1
For someone like myself who prides in taking care of my body by
working out both cardiovascularly and anaerobically (weight training),
I get disgusted with these commercials that show a man or woman
who is rocking a 10% body fat or less with a six pack, and the
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