In his essay, “Mind Over Mass Media” editorial to New York Times, Steven Pinker argues against the argument that media are destroying our moral and intellectual abilities. His thesis about moral panics is adequately supported with historical examples, logical analysis, illustrative imagines, and touches of humor. Also, he asserts scientific context to effectively explain the misconception between modern media and human brain. However, there are some arguments that could be bolstered with more evidence. Pinker uses historical evidence “When comic …decline” to clarify the misconception of moral panics, but he suddenly adds the statement “The decades of…continuously” without proving. He then uses the slippery slope argument “If electronic
