Self-study
Scientist: Given the human tendency to explore and colonize new areas, some people believe that the galaxy will eventually be colonized by trillions of humans. ██ ███ ███ ████ ████████ ██ ██████ ████ ██ ████ █████ ██ █████ ██████ ████ ██████ ██ █████████████ █████ ███ ██ ██ ███ ██████ ███ ██ ████ ██ ██████ ██ █████ ██ ███ █████████████████ ███ ████ ███ ████████████ ████ ██ █████ ██ █████ ██████ ████ ███████ ████ ████ ███████ ██ ███ ███ █████ ██████ ████ ███████ ███ ████ ███ ████ ████ ████ ████████████ ████ ████ ███████
Summarize Argument: Counter-Position
It’s unlikely that humans will ever colonize the galaxy. Why? Because if humans were to colonize the galaxy, there would be trillions of us. (The galaxy is huge.) If there there were trillions of us, then the overwhelming majority of humans ever to exist would exist during that galaxy-colonized period. We exist. There’s no reason to think we’re unrepresentative of all humans. Yet we do not live in the galaxy-colonized period. Hence, it’s unlikely that humans will ever colonize the galaxy.
Describe Method of Reasoning
Similar to the contrapositive argument. Author reasons that if something were to occur, it would have a consequence. But that consequence is false. Hence, that something is unlikely to occur.
Analysis by J.Y.Ping
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The scientist's argument proceeds by
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drawing a conclusion ████ ██████████ ███████████ ███ ██ ███ ████████ ████ ███ ████████ ███████
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taking for granted ████ ██████████ ███████████ █████ ███ ██████ ██████ ████ ██ ████ ██████ ██ ███ █████ ██ ███ ███████ █████
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inferring that since ██ █████ ████ ██ █████ ██ ██ ██████ ██ █ █████ ██████████ ███ ███ █████████ ███ ██████████ ██ ████████ █████
e
making a prediction ███ ████ ███ ██████ █████ ██ ███████████ █████ ██████████