Monday, October 9, 2017

Logical Fallacies of "White Rabbit"

Almost none of the argument made by Jefferson Airplane is supported by evidence, so any claims made within "White Rabbit" could be considered as logical fallacies. The group utilizes many weak analogies to a fantasy from "Alice in Wonderland", referring to the strange, other-worldly adventures of the several characters. Jefferson Airplane implies that these sort of events can occur in a high (without actually supporting it), and this shows an appealing viewpoint of drug use. There is also a logical fallacy within the response to the message of the song. Because Jefferson Airplane already had strong credibility in the mind of their young, rebellious audience, people will just assume that what the band says goes, even without any supporting evidence. So, when the song claims initially that "one pill makes you larger and one pill makes you small and the ones that mother gives you don't do anything at all", the audience already believes that it's true because a popular group of people believe it, which is called a Bandwagon Fallacy.

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  1. The Bandwagon fallacy truly shows that celebrities and people with such wide audiences have a great platform for presenting any message they wish to or promoting any ideas they want. "White Rabbit" is able to have such an impact and it shows the amount of influence celebrities have over young adults.

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  2. You have really exposed the artist of this song. The Bandwagon Fallacy is something to be wary of when there are many people in the spotlight who have the power to influence millions. This song shows that exact concern as these artist may have lead many to do something they should not have solely through the power of their influence and nothing else.

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  3. Almost anyone with some sort of popularity has tried to use the bandwagon fallacy at some point or another. At some point, it does not truly matter what kind of evidence you have, once you have been seen as someone that the public looks up to, they will believe almost anything that they are told.

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