Entry 1 (magazine)

The 7 Steps of Highly Cool People

Submitted to: Airil Haimi Mohd Adnan, tutor

In partial requirement for BEL 313,
Introduction to Critical Thinking.
Test #2, Semester 1 2013/2014,
Universiti Teknologi MARA, Seri
Iskandar Campus, Perak Darul Ridzuan.

Submitted by: Mohammad Haidil Bin Mohd Ridzuwan, UiTM # 2011235192

        

 Based on my opinion, do we really need the 7 steps of being a cool people?  Does by following this step can make a person becoming a cool people? Why should we follow and advise from an adult? This article clearly does not have any clear facts or example to support it.  For example, the author stated that “to be certified as cool, you would actually need to memorise the ‘7 Points’ below by heart. Why? Because I am an adult and I know better and also I am ‘The Guru of Cool’ ”. This type of fallacies is appeal to emotion and inappropriate authority. The author also stated that “most skinheads are neo-nazis!” This clear show that a hasty generalization fallacies by the author.

           

           However, some of the statement brought out by the author out is true, for example “ecstasy or any other drug will react badly with your body chemistry and, in some cases, kill you instantly”. The author has used the fallacies of presumption which is post-hoc. Another example are “smoking is really bad for health. It makes your teeth go yellow and gives a pungent stench to your sweat”. This shows the slippery slope fallacies.  

            

         In the nutshell, the article is based on the author feeling toward teen nowadays. By following these steps does not make a person becoming a cool people. Although this article is fun to read but due to some fallacies and no strong facts to support it is not a good article.

                                  

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