The 7 Steps of Highly Cool People.
We, The Geeks think that this article is fun to read. It is definitely
not the usual full of facts article. The points given are actually relevant to
the issue which is about the definition of the real cool. However, this article
does not have a strong reference or even facts, it is merely a personal
opinion. In fact, there are quite a few fallacies that can be found in the
article. Firstly, there is clearly the use of appeal to inappropriate
authority. For example, the author wrote that the readers should closely follow
the seven steps by the statement “Because i am an adult and i know better...because
i am ‘The Guru of Cool’ ”. The question is, can we put our trust in adults to
know the definition of ‘cool’?
Beside that, there is also the use of a type of fallacy, which is slippery slope. It
is obvious by the statement “It makes your teeth go yellow and gives a pungent stench
to your sweat”. These are all the bad effects of smoking. Through the statement
of “I know, i know, some of you are allowed to drink alcohol when you come of
age”, there is definitely a presence of appeal to tradition.
To put it simply, we believe that this article is fun to read
but it is not actually a good and balanced article due to a few fallacies used.
A good article should be one that has an appeal yet full of acceptable
reasoning.
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