EXERCISE 3

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EXERCISE 3

  • For each of the following claims, write one paragraph identifying the logical flaw:
    • The election couldn’t have been fair—I don’t know anyone who voted for the winner.
    • It would be wrong to prosecute Allied for age discrimination; Allied has always been a great corporate neighbor.
    • The decrease in smoking can be attributed to increased restrictions on smoking in public.
    • Bill Jensen’s proposal to create an on-site day-care center is just the latest of his harebrained ideas.
    • Since the introduction of cola drinks at the start of the twentieth century, cancer has become the second-greatest killer in the United States. Cola drinks should be outlawed.
    • If mutual-fund guru Peter Lynch recommends this investment, I think we ought to buy it.
    • We should not go into the flash-memory market; we have always been a leading manufacturer of DRAM.
    • The other two hospitals in the city have implemented computerized patient record keeping; I think we need to do so, too.
    • Our Model X500 didn’t succeed because we failed to sell a sufficient number of units.
    • No research has ever established that Internet businesses can earn money; they will never succeed.