Blog 2

Margot Hudson

Blog 2

10/6

1.     Claimà Drinking Red Bull gives you wings.

2. Those who drink red bull grow wings (A)

I drank red bull (B)

Now I have wings (B)

3.

4. Argument is valid but not sounds

5. If you drink red bull (A) then you will grow wings (B)

I drank red bull

Now I have wings

A	B	AàB
True	False	True
False	False	True
False	True	True
True	False	False

6a. The statement isn’t a tautology

6b. The statement doesn’t make sense in real life because red bull doesn’t make you grow wings, it makes you energized.

6c. Obviously, the truth table gave me a mathematical reason why the statement wasn’t true but it wasn’t true in a realistic context either.

7. 5 Steps to Evaluating Media

                  1. Consider the sourceàno scientific credibility why Red Bull would give you wings

      2. Check the dateà In 2014, Red Bull was sued because no one grew wings and they soon after changed their mind

      3.  Validate accuracyà cannot validate claim from other sources

      4. Watch for hidden agendas

      5. Don’t miss the big pictureàboth of these tie together in this case. The hidden agenda is that Red Bull wants you to buy their product and the big picture is that Red Bull was never actually trying to convince people they would grow wings and have the ability to fly. It was more of a way to express how drinking Red Bull would make a customer feel.

8. Yes, it falls into c) when you can’t prove it to be true, you assume it to be false.

9. It did help give me a refresh on evaluating media sources however I took a class in high school where we analyzed sources so I knew most of the guidelines for evaluating a media source.