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1. 0:02hello this week we are going to continue
2. 0:04our focus on Research last week we
3. 0:06focused on finding reliable sources that
4. 0:09agree with your position which is very
5. 0:11important if you want to be convincing
6. 0:13equally important but often overlooked
7. 0:15is engaging with someone who disagrees
8. 0:18with you and engaging in a way that is
9. 0:21constructive now the instructions for
10. 0:23finding an opposing view Source are on
11. 0:26Moodle and I want you to take a look at
12. 0:27those just like last week before you try
13. 0:29to do this assignment please read those
14. 0:31instructions watch the videos they're
15. 0:33going to discuss to some degree why we
16. 0:36need to do this at all because it seems
17. 0:38counterintuitive why do I want to site a
18. 0:41source that doesn't agree with me isn't
19. 0:43that going to make me less convincing
20. 0:44it's actually going to make you more
21. 0:46convincing if you do it well because it
22. 0:48shows your reader hey this person
23. 0:51actually did the homework this person
24. 0:53didn't just make an assumption and agree
25. 0:55with the first position that sounded
26. 0:57credible this person actually looked at
27. 0:59both sides
28. 1:01furthermore this person not only looked
29. 1:03at both sides but looked at the other
30. 1:06side at its best and still disagrees
31. 1:11with that side so when you look for an
32. 1:14opposing view Source I don't want you to
33. 1:15look for one that comes across as stupid
34. 1:19or shallow I want you to look for a
35. 1:22source that someone who disagreed with
36. 1:24you might actually want to
37. 1:26site and I want you to carefully read it
38. 1:29and then I want you to look for
39. 1:30weaknesses in that
40. 1:32argument you may find that you don't
41. 1:34disagree with everything it says but
42. 1:36maybe you disagree with some of it maybe
43. 1:38it only looks at part of the picture and
44. 1:40you can point that out you can say well
45. 1:42this is this is an argument that sounds
46. 1:45good on the surface but it just doesn't
47. 1:46go deep enough or this is an argument
48. 1:50that is convincing only if you don't
49. 1:53consider XY or Z and you're going to
50. 1:56explain that in the paper once you
51. 1:57actually write it and it's going to
52. 2:00actually make your argument more
53. 2:01convincing not less so focus on finding
54. 2:04that Source remember that your initial
55. 2:06post is due on Wednesday I don't want
56. 2:08you to forget the smaller assignments as
57. 2:10well uh I do hope you guys are engaging
58. 2:12with these videos I know you need to
59. 2:14post those
60. 2:15Recaps and uh make sure that you don't
61. 2:18forget the logic quiz and those other
62. 2:20reports that you guys need to engage
63. 2:23with those are not just busy work uh
64. 2:25they're there to equip you to succeed in
65. 2:28this class and and to provide the
66. 2:31helpful information that you need to do
67. 2:32that so please uh yet again reach out to
68. 2:36me if you have any questions I look
69. 2:38forward to seeing what kind of opposing
70. 2:40view sources you find have a nice week