differentiating between
generalization and universal statements
1) In recent months, conservatives
have been celebrating the feats of computer technology in war.
2) Stockbrokers are notorious for
using everything from tide tables to football games to make market
prognostications.
3) Every great advance. every
profound insight in the sciences and other intellectual disciplines, has torn
down barriers and distinctions between those disciplines.
4) ……it is precisely values
that our education system lacks.
1) Steve: the ancient greeks made
great strides in scientific thinking.
Lisa: oh, come on. Just think of
the staggering multitude of advances made in the past hundred years: the
harnessing of electricity and Einsteinian physics, for example. Don’t these
sorts of examples prove to you that the greeks weren’t the smartest people in
history?
2) During a study break at the
college library, kent mentions his new histoy course to paige. “my history
course is really going to be difficult. In the first two weeks, we’ve covered
three long chapters in the textbook. there ae weekly assignments in addition to
four major papers that we’ll have to write.”
Paige is puzzled. “You told
me before that this course was nopt required for graduation. I dont understand.
If you don’t like the course, why dont you drop it?”
3) Lieutenant Wren, ending a few
minutes of quiet reflection, coments earnestly to her husband, “you know,
I’m finding that I really respect Major Zeleny.” Her husband responds,
“i’m glad to hear that. Its certainly important to like the people you
work with.”





