Press release: A comprehensive

Answer choices

1. A

   Not a Flaw15% picked this

   The review was only an evaluation of studies and did not itself undertake

   There's nothing wrong with doing a "study of studies". In many ways, it's the most respected for of medical data, since it aggregates and balances the findings of lots of studies.

   15%
2. B

   Correct69% picked this

   The health of the heart is not identical with the general health

   Why this is right

   This is pointing to the illicit move from, "If the docs say it's safe for your heart, then I guess it's safe to consume." That would be like saying, "If the doctors say that cigarettes are safe for your brain, then I guess it's safe to consume cigarettes." Just because coffee might be fine for the heart doesn't show it's safe, since something could be safe for the heart but unsafe for some other part of the body.

   Skill tested: Flaw · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

   69%
3. C

   Not an Objection5% picked this

   Coffee drinkers might choose to eat, along with their coffee, foods containing substances that

   The author isn't saying, "No one who drinks coffee will have their heart harmed". This answer is objecting to that sort of claim. The author is just saying, "the coffee won't harm your heart".

   5%
4. D

   Not an Objection1% picked this

   Other beverages besides coffee might contain stimulants that have some effect

   The author said "coffee doesn't have any harmful effects on the heart" and goes on to conclude that "coffee is safe". Whether other beverages are safe, whether other beverages do or don't have an effect on the heart is all irrelevant to the author's argument.

   1%
5. E

   Not an Objection10% picked this

   Drinking unusually large amount of coffee could be caused by stress that itself directly

   This sounds close to our other objection: your study only talks about normal amounts. what if abnormal amounts are unsafe for the heart? But this answer is saying that stress harms your heart, not that unusually large amounts of coffee drinking harm your heart.

   10%