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Consider the following generalizations. Are they true or false? Support your answer with an argument that follows Rules 7-11 in our ARFA textbook. You may need to do a little bit of research to complete this exercise. If you can’t find the examples to support your initial answer, even after doing some research, you may need to change your answer! No matter what generalization you’re considering, actively look for exceptions to that generalization. Sample Exercise: Illegal drugs are safer than alcohol. This generalization is false. While it’s arguable that some drugs, such as marijuana and certain hallucinogens, are safer than alcohol, most illegal drugs are more dangerous than alcohol. Cocaine, crack, methamphetamines, opium, and heroin are particularly dangerous because they are all highly addictive, they do serious damage to the body, and it’s easy to overdose on them. Ecstasy can cause brain damage, and impure ecstasy can be lethal. While alcohol is addictive and can damage your body or kill you, it is not as addictive or damaging as these drugs. Thus, in general, illegal drugs are not safer than alcohol. This response does two things. First, it states whether the generalization is true or false. Then, it gives an argument to support that claim. The argument does a reasonably good job following each of the rules in Section II. It gives many examples (Rule 7), which are representative of the most widely used illegal drugs (Rule 8). While it doesn’t say how many kinds of illegal drugs there are (Rule 9), we can probably rely on the reader to know roughly how many kinds of drugs are left out. The argument does not give any statistics to support its claim, which means that it doesn’t give any misleading statistics (Rule 10), although well-chosen statistics could have strengthened the argument. The argument does mention some specific counter examples (Rule 11), but only to point out that there are only a few of them. Respond to the following generalizations: 1. Most U.S. presidents were born in Ohio or Virginia. 2. Classical music is boring. 3. Skydiving is dangerous. 4. All generalizations have exceptions.