Bullshit

Annotated Bibliography Greenhouse, Steven. “Driverless Future?” The American Prospect, Prospect.org, 21 Mar 2017. http://prospect.org/article/driverless-future. Accessed 6 Feb 2018. In “Driverless Future”, Steven Greenhouse discusses the potential beneficial and adverse effects that self-driving cars will cause in the future. Greenhouse begins by laying out the two most talked about effects of automation: job displacement and safety increase. In terms of jobs, he asserted that there would…

He has done many amazing things in his life, including writing a book. Although he may be a great teacher, he is not the best writer. In Roth’s book titled The Achievement Habit, Roth did a poor job with his arguments in the chapter “Reasons Are Bullshit.” Roth uses pathos to much, his ethos can be demeaning or cocky, and how he uses logos can be confusing to the readers. The first reason Roth’s argument is weak is because, even though he uses great pathos, not everyone can connect to all of…

Paul’s curriculum is centered around the notions of habits of the mind and bullshit, both of which are instrumental in ensuring the success of its students. One of the main courses taught at St. Paul’s is Humanities; this encompasses a wide net of knowledge that allows the student to think about the world in a unique mindset and…

e. Transition: Some people may say that the third video “Breaking News: some bullshit happening” did not demonstrate rhetoric enough. i. There was no one rhetoric that stood out to the audience. 1. In the news segment by Onion News Network “ Breaking News: Some bullshit happening” ii. It is not an accurate example of rhetoric because no real news segment would use it. f. In the video “Breaking News: Some bullshit happening” it demonstrates all three forms of rhetoric clearly. i. By…

responsibility for themselves. There are a couple people who never use excuses, those people are vulnerable and accept when they do wrong. The Achievement Habit by Bernard Roth has many examples of ethos, pathos, and logos in chapter 2, “Reasons are Bullshit” and makes an effective argument by using Aristotle’s rhetorical triangle. Roth has a strong sense of ethos based on his credentials. The way he says things are always spoken without a filter and always blunt. He never has to sugar coat…

The article “On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs” by David Gaeber argues that although John Maynard Keynes predicted in 1930 that technological advances were going to make us work less hours, approximately 15 hours a week. Instead technology is making have to work even more hours. “It’s as if someone were out there making up pointless jobs just for the sake of keeping us all working” (Gaeber). Outrageously, pointless employment (bullshit jobs) are those in “professional, managerial, clerical,…

explains to his readers about how he feels about excuses or nonetheless reasons. Some would enjoy how intense Roth’s writings are. Roth used a method to explain this one quote that he says in chapter two, “reasons are bullshit.” Bernard Roth contemplates that “reasons are bullshit.” The rhetorical analysis is used to persuade his readers, throughout chapter two he uses ethos in a way to show his knowledge. He subject he uses the pathos to tell stories and bring emotion, and lastly he uses logos…

Ethos, Pathos, and Logos, these are the three ways of public speaking. Ethos is involving the credibility of the speaker to the public. Pathos is involving the emotional connection to the audience. And Logos involves the logical argument of the speaker. These three ways of public speaking are covered in the following three videos. In Drunk History – Claudette Colvin and Rosa Parks provided by Comedy Central the public speaker, whose name is using the form of public speaking form of Ethos. Her…

JPT Logos refers to logical reason and proof or evidence. Similarly, Pathos refers to feelings and emotional appeals whereas; Ethos refers to trust and credibility. The first video, “Drunk History- Claudette Colvin And Rosa Parks” was about the 15 years old black girl who was wearing an eye glasses. She was going home from school as usual. Suddenly, a white girl appears in the bus and says to move from their seat to Claudette and her friend because she was white. Claudette’s friend moved from…

anyways to make money. The entire movie is dedicated to Nick talking on shows and giving interviews about how cigarettes are not destructive. Is Nick Naylor a bullshitter, or is he a brainstormer? The answer is obvious; Naylor is a bullshitter who bullshits to win. That statement implies he is not always bullshitting because one cannot always win. In Kerry Walter's article “Bullshitting and Brainstorming” the student is bullshitting on courses like philosophy, in the same regard…