The world must end because it began. How the world will end has been at the center of heated discussions. The Doomsday theme has produced conferences, meetings, films and books that attempt to prophesy the end times. With the emergence of doomsday prophets, errors have also emerged that preach propaganda to an audience of those seeking immunity from a single apocalyptic day. One author in particular is Ronald Bailey. According to Forbes.com, Ronald Bailey was a science writer for Forbes magazine and wrote an essay titled Seven Doomsday Myths About The Environment. Bailey wrote this essay in response to the errors surrounding Doomsday. In his essay he attempts to identify the errors in seven of the most common doomsday claims made by apocalyptic preachers. Bailey seeks to debunk some of the fallacies used to invoke the agendas of doomsday prophets in order to present people with the pristine truth. However, while Bailey attempts to debunk the mistakes of others, he also creates mistakes himself. The purpose of my rebuttal article is to highlight some of the fallacies that Bailey himself creates as he attempts to debunk common Doomsday fallacies. Indeed, the notions of the beginning and end of the world are left to interpretation. However, many people have said that based on the data they have encountered, there will one day be a doomsday. On the other hand, others like Bailey don't subscribe to the Doomsday hype. In fact, according to Bailey, “THE END IS NOT NEAR! That's right: the Apocalypse has been postponed for the foreseeable future, despite grim predictions” (Bailey) This statement is Bailey's way of trying to debunk the whole Doomsday... half of the paper... he used informal fallacies like Ad Hominem and Appeal to unauthorized authority in an attempt to debunk the errors of others; he was guilty of mistakes himself. Likewise, one might say that it is inevitable not to make mistakes when a debate is underway. The key to the debate is that people can often agree to disagree. Works Cited Bailey, Robert. "Back issues of The Futurist | World Future Society." World society of the future | Tomorrow is built today. Version vol. 29, no. 1. Forbes Magazine and Web. February 15, 2012. Hurley, Patrick. "Informal errors". A brief introduction to logic. 10th edition.Australia; Belmont, CA: Thomson/Wadsworth, 2007. 119. Print.Hurley, Patrick . "Informal errors". A brief introduction to logic. 10th ed.Australia; Belmont, CA: Thomson/Wadsworth, 2007. 131. Print.
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