Riddle: Transporter 3
What’s wrong with the buoyancy solution?
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The Failed Ransom Note
What can a ransom note teach us about making bold, clear, persuasive claims?
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Let’s Argue
Counterintuitive Fall 2024 
The comparison of the two ransom notes helped me understand the value of specific claims and illustrative language. There are specific parts of a persuasive argument that are needed in order to be effective. An effective argument must have a clear premise, such as the thesis, outlining the information that will be discussed/is most important. Then, we must provide logical reasoning to express why the information is reliable as many readers begin as resistant. Without a specific claim, the argument and/or proposal becomes unclear and unreliable.
phoenixxxx23
Class Notes 9/30/2024
Buoyancy- The film Transporter 3 makes the audience believe the scene of transporting the air from tires into bags to make the car float. But really, the car would have floated in the first place if its tires had enough air to do so.
Ransom Note
“Panhandler Argument”
9/30/24 – figure8clementine
Class Notes
-accidental social experiment with running out of coffee cups
-What’s wrong with the buoyancy solution? Why doesn’t the tire make the car float since it’s the same amount of air?
-What can a ransom note teach us about making bold, clear, and persuasive claims? If there’s a bold clear premise with step by step logical proof and specific details to emphasize and illustrate reasoning.
-panhandlers and the different kinds of panhandling
Class Notes – phoenixxxx23
Bold Clear Premise
Logical proof
Specific details to emphasize and illustrate the reasoning
The reader is always resistant and does not want to face new material
Ransom difference: Specificity is a key to writing. Specific claims and language will keep reader focused on what you are saying, making it easier to read and understand your point. Be sharp with what you are saying, or you are going to write an essay that will look like first ransom note. Be bold and right on point.
Homeless people- Strategy is an imperative component for increasing profitability.
Class Notes
Good argument
Class Notes 9.30.24
The buoyancy solution
what is the purpose of a bold, persuasive claim?
8 people
Class Notes 9/30
“If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it.” -Albert Einstein
How to make a good arugment- Bold, clear premise, step by step proof, specific details to emohasize the reasoning behind it
Used the panhandler argument to create arguments
Class Notes: 9/30/24
-Having a normal idea can only lead you down a path or two, but if it is a wild idea it could lead to many possibilities.
Riddle: There is the same amount of air in the tire, which is being used to fill up the balloons. Displacing the volume of the air shouldn’t change anything, he would have floated from the beginning.
-The magic in a ransom note is the proof they have to back up their claim
-Every reader starts out resist, unwilling to change their mind, which causes these arguments
-The two ransom notes shared with the class helped me to understand the value of very specific claims and illustrative language because it showed me two different kind of ransom notes. ne of the notes showed no claim, instructions, or anything to tell me that anything was wrong. The other did the exact opposite. It stated the claim, told the person what to do, and that someone was in trouble. So with all of these differences in the notes, it allowed me to understand that being construct, putting claims, and illustrative language can help the audience understand what is actually going on.
-Strategy is a huge component in panhandling. Depending on their strategy it could lead them to get more noticed.
09/30/24
What Happened:
What I Got:
What I Still Have Questions About:
Not enough air in the tires to make it float to begin with.
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Class Notes 9/30
Class notes 9/30
Mongoose Notes – 9/30/2024
Class Notes:
If the idea is not absurd then you are not challenging yourself, you are picking too simple of a topic to where it is so simple and not worth it, compared to picking something that is absurd then you are challenging yourself to find the answers you need to bring this idea to life.
In the buoyancy solution the main problem is if the guy has to use the air from the tires to fill up the orange bag, then the car should have been able to float from the beginning. No matter where the air is, it should have been useful in the beginning prior to transferring it somewhere else.
When writing, make your claims detailed and to the point, do not be vague or beat around the bush.
The audience you should look for is right in the middle of agreed and disagreed. Because you can either have a better likely to convince people to agree with you if they are closer to agreeing, compared to people who already agree with you could use the information you provided to help them in any way that is needed.
Panhandlers typically make you ask yourself some questions when you see them. Such as, do they really need this? Will this make me feel good? Do I have enough time to bring them somewhere or just give them cash? What is their intention with my money? Will they keep asking me for more? Will I continuously see them if I give them something? And so many more questions. Panhandlers can show good grammar if they are clever, and even good rhetoric with their plans on how to get money.
My whole life my family has worked around panhandlers so I have also been somewhat around them my whole life. I was told to stay away from them and even to this day when I drive into AC I make sure my doors are locked and my windows are up. Even when I was little and walking in New York, I was scared of even looking at them and I remember my emotions to this day of how I felt seeing all of them. Sadly enough there wasn’t as much sympathy as I wish I had but more of I would keep asking my family ” why don’t they just get a job.” Again I wish I had more sympathy but because of my family working around them and knowing a deeper insider level they had a different perspective then people who don’t.
Class Notes 9-30-24
Notes: 9/30/24
Riddle:
Failed ransom note/making a claim(argument):
Let’s Argue:
9/30 Notes
Buoyancy Problem
Ransom Note
Persuasion
Let’s Argue
Class notes 9/30
Quote:
Riddle: Transporter movies, moves material for a fee, doesn’t ask questions, can’t leave vehicle- if there was enough air for it to float it would have done so without the bag
Failed ransom note: Needs to claim something relevant to the reader and be clear and to the point, need to convince people who are uncertain about the topics.
Let’s argue: It is important to know how to make a persuasive argument to convince the specific audience you are targeting, guilt tripping the audience, all transactional
Assignments:
Proposal+5 due 10/1
Class Notes – 9/30/24
Always look for little experiments in your daily life. They can provide insights and intrigue into the seemingly mundane.
There is no reason to hint at your claims in an academic paper. Come out and state exactly what your claim is and what evidence you have to back it up.
Your paper should be aimed at those those who have no strong ideas. The people who already agree don’t need to hear your argument and the people who vehemently disagree with your argument will not be swayed in 3000 words. Right down the middle is the sweet spot because you can solidify their support.
There are lots of yes or no questions but there are far fewer questions that can be answered with a yes or no. Many questions can be phrased for a yes or no answer but require a much more nuanced answer.
Class notes:
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Class Notes 9/30
-The buoyancy in the car does not work because the tires didn’t float when the car sank
-To have a good ransom note the argument must reach certain goals and points when written out such as making the trade clear and realistic and what the price of not making the trade will be
-Panhandlers: Question ourselves about what we do when encountering panhandlers and what we should do. The panhandlers use persuasive techniques when writing out signs to get money.
-Looked at all the different ways to say that you give money to panhandlers
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Panhandler Argument
2. I wish I could bring a panhandler to a store and buy them food, drinks, and/or medicine. I would rather do this then give them money because I do not know where the money would be going.
3. I know I should try to help the panhandlers however I can, but I also know my safety is most important to myself and the ones who love me. There have often been cases in cities of panhandlers attacking people who even try to be nice and give them food which is another reason for my hesitancy to interact with them at all. Possibly if I were more confident in my ability to defend myself then I would be more willing but unless I am with a group I do not interact with panhandlers in anyway
Albert Einstein quote: A claim needs to sound ridiculous first and be counterintuitive and then becomes common knowledge.
Riddle: Jason is in love with his Audi. He will be blown up if he gets more than fifty feet away from his car. He drives his car off a bridge but he can’t leave his car. He fills up a bag with air from his tire and gets air and the car floats to the surface. Why wouldn’t the air in the bag float the bag in real life? Why wouldn’t the tire float but the bag would? He would have floated from the beginning. Details are important to make sure our readers can’t find flaws in our argument.
Ransom note: Making bold and persuasive claims. A good ransom note needs to be persuasive. specific details are the magic that makes the argument convincing. Every reader is resistant. We don’t want to change our minds. We are really hard to convince. No clear claims or instructions in the first ransom note. “Change the outcome” is not a convincing statement at all. If I received the second ransom note I would be genuinely scared because that language used by the author convinces me they are confident in a commitment to harming my husband if directions are not followed. Whereas, the lack of details in the first ransom note does not convince me of the author’s confidence at all and the lack of clarity makes me question the severity of the situation. This tells me we have to be bold and confident in the language we use when writing an argument. “Do not do this ” is much more convincing than “this will change the outcome”.
Let’s Argue: Panhandlers may ask for specific items and then accept money that they may use for something else. Strategy is important to making this profitable. What parameters do you have for sympathizing with a panhandler? How do panhandlers make their case and how can this be applicable for writing an argument?
Class Notes – Softball1321
What’s wrong with the buoyancy solution – why doesn’t the air in the tire cause the tires to float, like it does with the balloon?
Bold and persuasive claims – bold hypothesis, logical proof, and specific details.
Ransom argument – the first one is unclear on the claim, but the second one gets right to the point and is more persuasive.
Panhandlers exercise – strategy is an important process of profiting the work of panhandlers.
Going over different reasonings that determine if you would give to panhandlers or not.
It was strange in the riddle of buoyancy from the movie Transporter 3 about what is wrong in that scene. The question was that how come in order to lift the car is by using the tires air pressure to the parchment sheet, but not the tire themselves. In order for the car to float is by the use of air but car tires have air in them but how come it doesn’t make the car float from the get-go without going through extra steps of using the parchment sheet? It could be the weight of the car that is preventing the floatation of the tire but how come the sheet was able to lift the car up?
From comparing two different “Ransom” notes, it was quickly noticeable of what went wrong with it. The first note wasn’t clear to the point where it was like beating around the bush, and made the reader make a lot of assumptions. on the other hand, the improved version of the note was very specific and direct where the note made specific details and directions of what the reader should or shouldn’t do.
The word homeless isn’t appropriate to the people on the streets but identify them as panhandlers because of their unique strategy to make profit in their own way.
Class Note Sept 30, 2024.
Our class started with this question, what is the reason why coffee is consumed faster if they are the same cups? Answer: One is bigger than the other.
We also talked about unnecessary words, it could’ve been shortened. Details are very important. Be sure to be specific and direct.
Buoyancy.
I am curious about how the creators of the movie Transporter have used buoyancy for a scene in which a person survives because this is where we are left wondering, can the car be lifted by putting the pressure of the tires on the sheet of parchment and also, for that the car does not float if there is air in the tires, then we realize that there is something not right in this scene.
Panhandlers.
People who ask for money on the streets are called panhandlers because they have used this strategy as a means to earn money since it is not the same as a person who is homeless.
Panhandler homework.
I give money to panhandlers who have a disability, to those who are old, and sometimes to families with children
This class was focused on a few things. There was “the transporter” brain tease where we were to think critically about the air used to float the car to the surface of the lake. This wasn’t anything new for me, if fact I get negative reception to pointing out such things in an everyday setting. People seem to have the prevailing belief not thinking is a good thing, and thinking about a movie’s plausibility is bad. I do not subscribe of course to a movie being good to only those willing to perform a lobotomy. As you may of have guessed, the takeaway from this brain teaser was that there was an issue with the science of this stunt.
Then we moved on to the ransom note. First a comical attempt to write one that looked right at home on a sitcom. The second example of a ransom note demonstrating more substance and credibility. Although obvious in this context, it is to demonstrate a point about our hypotheses and our writing in general. And how to assert something clearly and properly. I find transplanting this outside of this context somewhat challenging. I keep it in the back of my mind for when the stars will align, and it makes more sense. Arguably though, as a side note, the first “failed” ransom note would have made decent writing for a lawyer or politician.
After that we touched on panhandlers and the different types of strategies that are used by them. We learned besides amusing strategies, that it is important to appeal to your audience and some strategies are more effective than others. Clearly who ever thought up the concept of getting paid to insult people is objectively a genius.