Reaction to Molly Crocket
- Please read the attached document
- Watch the video. Here is a link to the video: https://www.ted.com/talks/molly_crockett_beware_neuro_bunk?language=en
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- Then answer the following questions
ASSIGNMENT: Reaction to Molly Crocket – Beware Neuro-bunk talk.
Your response MUST answer the following questions.
- How does the talk relate to the materials we discuss in class? (15 points)
- List two points that the presenter raised in his/her talk that I do not discuss in my PowerPoint slide (20 points)
- What question would you ask the presenter? (15 points)
- If you were to briefly summarize the talk to a friend, what would you say? That is what are the main points of the talk? (15 points)
- Molly Crocket mentioned a flaw in the evidence that the writers of the NYTimes Op-ed article: “You Love Your iPhone. Literally.” used to support their conclusion. What is the flaw? (20 points)
Quality of your writing (flow, syntax, grammar, word choice, typos) (15 points).
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Dr. Molly Crocket’s talk has a bearing in the material we discuss in class in various ways. She talks of the way the brain is influenced in making decisions as a result of certain chemicals. These chemicals according to her influences the way people…
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