"Does watching too much television reduces individuals' critical thinking skills?" is a question of

Asking your audience to accept something because it represents the customs of our

society, rather than because the issues justify its acceptance, commits the fallacy of appeal to (a) ignorance. (b) the people. (c) authority. (d) tradition.

Because of its presumptions, at IBM, any one arguing to fire an incompetent employee

a. was likely to be successful. b. was considered out of place. c. had a difficult burden of proof. d. had to be at a high management level.