Fallacy
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Quote/Page Number
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Usage
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Appeal
to Consequences
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Introduction
Page; “And because your conscious mind has been trained to reject certain
anomalies – it even rights optically upside down images – you simply cannot
“see” this design objectively without special training. ESP, too, may at
first be confusing to your ‘rational’ …until you decide to let Harold Sherman
put ESP to work FOR YOU!”
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This
quote is from the very first page of this book right after the cover. I
believe it is Harold Sherman, the author, who is writing out this experiment for
the reader to try so that he can convince them further of what he is about to
write about for the next 278 pages. So in this intro, he is saying that our
minds are rejecting the idea of optical allusions and whether we can see them
or not. But even though this concept is confusing towards our minds, at least
we have Harold Sherman here to help make ESP work for us.
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Bandwagon
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“All
of us have within us an incredible mental power that can change our lives
overnight. If you are ready to explore this miraculous “New” dimension of
your mind, read this book.”
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Okay
so the author is trying to make it seem like everyone is reading this book
and that it gives us this new outlook of our mind and what we accomplish. So
the author starts off by saying that everyone can do these good things with
our mental power and it can change lives and whatnot. He then says how we
should try reading this book if we want to unlock the same powers. Which is
when he alludes to the fact that so many other people must have read this
book in order for them to realize the dimensions in their minds.
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Friday, February 17, 2017
How to Make ESP Work For You
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I see where you're coming from with the quotes in relation to the fallacy. I haven't read the book or anything but you could also look at the cover and probably find the same fallacies. While looking at the introduction were you able to sight anything else? If so I would use to introduction and the summary at the back of the book to build your argument (I still have to go look at your rhetorical devices).
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