Week 8: Post #2

My group chose an article from Yahoo titled, “5 Diet Rules it’s OK to Break” by Lisa Collier Cool to complete our assignment.  We found the main claim to be “Breaking the rules could actually help you slim down- and keep the pounds off over the long term.  In Chapter 11 in section D, Epstein explains the concept of, "Violating the Principle of Rational Discussion" and one principle stood out to me the most. Begging the question is when someone is arguing that a claim is true making all premises of an argument more believable than the conclusion itself.  Cool could have fallen into the trap of Begging the question because her argument could possibly be valid but to my opinion, it doesn’t directly prove the 5 rules to be wrong.  I took away from our first assignment to fully analyze all claims.  We must also identify the supporting details for proof.  Just because it's on the internet and the article is trying to prove a point, it doesn't mean that we should believe the claim blindly.  Prior to our first paper, I tend to believe a lot of things over the internet.  Now, it's a great feeling not being solicited into something rather justify the claim in more details or facts.