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byKatherineMortonSunday,25October2015,9:55PM

Part1
Inmylastpaper,Ididmybesttoeliminateconformationbiasbycounteringeachargumentwithasourceoftheoppositebelief.
Lookingbackonit,Iseethatmypapercouldhaveusedafewmoreantieuthanasiasourcestobalanceitoutanddiscourage
biasbutoverallIdonotfeelasifitpushedthereaderinanycertaindirection.Addingawiderrangeofbeliefswillstrengthenthe
paperandwillallowthereadertomoreaccuratelypinpointtheirbeliefonthesubject,itwillalsomakethereadermore
comfortableintrustingwhattheyhavereadratherthanquestioningthepurposeforthepiece.Inacontroversialtopicsuchas
euthanasia,eliminatingconformationbiasisextremelydifficultbecauseofthestrongemotionalconnectionassociatedwithit,
peopletendtogetverydefensivewhenalovedoneisdying.Thisallowsforconformationbiasinyoursourcesandresearch,
interestingstoriesandwellwrittenarticleswrittenbypeoplewhohavebeenemotionallyaffectedbythetopicmayswingyouas
anauthororthereaderonewayversustheother.InthefirstpaperIturnedin,IfeelasifIdidadheretoconformationbiasjusta
littlebitbynotprovidingenoughinformationabouttheconsofeuthanasia.ItmayappearthatIamproeuthanasiaoramtryingto
persuadethereadertobeproeuthanasiasimplybecauseIdidnotdescribebothsidesoftheargumentinfull.Forthisupcoming
projectIwilltryhardertorepresenteachsideequally.
Part2
Areliablesourceisonethatcontainsmanydraftsandpeerreviewstoensurethatitisfactualandunbiased.Thesepeer
reviewscancomefromandeditorsuchasinanewspaperormagazineorfromfellowscholarsandclassmatessuchasin
scholarlybooksandarticles.Ascholarlypieceistypicallythemostreliablebecauseitgoesthroughthemostprocessesandis
reviewedtimeaftertimetoensurethatitisareliableresource.However,thedrawbackofscholarlysourcesisthattheyarea
littlemoredifficulttocomebyandrequirestheresearchertoinvesthimorherselfalittlebitdeeperintofindingtheinformation
theywishtoacquire.Awebsiteontheotherhand,thoughveryeasytoaccess,doesnothavetobereviewedbyanyoneto
checkforfactuality,apersoncanpostanythingheorshewouldliketopostonthewebmakingwebpagesextremelyunreliable
tosomeonetryingtocollectvaluableresearch.
Ibelievethatmostpeoplejudgethewebsitesreliabilitybasedonitsappearance,ifthedesignofthepagelooksofficialthenthe
informationmustbetrue.Eventhoughweknowthisisfalse,websitesaresoeasytoobtainthatmostpeopledon'tlookmuch
further,perceivingscholarlysourcesasasourcebeyondwhattheyarelookingfor.
Part3

Warren,J."Euthanasia."(2015).Web.2015.

Warrendescribeseuthanasiaasbargainhuntingandstatesthatmedicalpersonnelshouldtakeinonthemselvesto
becomeeducatedonthetopicofdeathsotheycanbehelpfulinadvisingpatientsonwhatwillbetherightchoiceintheir
specificcase.ButWarrendoesnotdefinewhatjustifieseuthanasiaasbeingtherightchoiceorwhatitmeansforittobe
calledfor.Healsoconcludesthearticlebystatingthatdoctorsandnursesareprejudicebutprovidesnoreasoningforsuch
statement.

SeelyrespondsbacktoWarreninanotherarticleinwhichhestatesthattherearetoomanyunknownsforeuthanasiatobe
consideredabargain[1]butteamauthorsDasselaar,Boersma,Lange,andSomervillejustifytheuseofeuthanasiaifit
relievesthepatientspain,whichisparallelwithWarrensbargainhuntingidea.[2]

TheideaofbargainhuntingcanberelatedbacktocancerpatientBrittanyMaynardwhooptedforeuthanasiaratherthan
theslowandpainfuldeathassociatedwitheuthanasia.
[1]Seely,Steven."Euthanasia."(2015).Web.2015.
[2]Dasselaar,N.,F.Boersma,J.Langue,andM.Somerville."Euthanasia."TheLancet345.8959(1995).Print.

Dasselaar,N.,F.Boersma,J.Langue,andM.Somerville."Euthanasia."TheLancet345.8959(1995).Print.

Theauthorleavesthereaderwonderingiftherehasbeenanyresearchonthecorrelationbetweenthenumberofpatients
whousethespiralinfusionofanalgesticsandpaincontrolathomeandthenumberofpatientswhochoosetoparticipatein
euthanasia.Healsopresentsthequestionofwhetherornotthereisadifferenceinlifeexpectancyratesbetweenthosewith
homecarevsthoseunderdoctorcare.

Itisn'tthatthelogicdoesn'tmatchupbetweenthisarticleandmypreviousresearchbuttheauthorpresentsmanyracy
commentsaboutcaretreatmentsofdoctorssuchasthespiralinfusionofanalegesticsaswellastheirintentionsthathedoes
notbackupwithanyinformationwhichmakesmedoubtthesourcesaccuracy.Ifeelasiftheauthorsmainpurposeisnotto
addvaluetotheconversationabouteuthanasiabutinsteadspeaksmoretowardstheideaofwhattreatmentsareavailableto
sickpatients.Theauthorviewstheincreaseineuthanasiaasalackofgoodtreatments,hestatesthateventhebestpain
medicationdisprovesthequalityoflifeasitonlycausesthepatienttobecomemoreawareofhis/herstatedepressingthem
further.

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byDelanieKnightMonday,26October2015,9:06PM

Ithinkyoumakeaverygoodpointinyourpart2.Forthemostpart,peerreviewedsources
aremostreliableforoursake.Butwhatmakesasourcewithonepeerreviewmorereliable
thanasourcewithnone?youcannothelpbuttoquestionthis.Iagreethatinformationfrom
websitesthatcanbefoundfromasimpleGooglesearchismucheasiertofindthanthosethat
aredeemedtobe"better"butIalsobelievethatevensomeofthosesourcecanhavegood
qualityinformationpresented.Iwroteaboutmostofthesameideas.Ilikehowyoustatedthe
ideathatwe(people)tendtobaseawebsite'sreliabilityontheappearance."Ifawebsitelooks
official,thenitprobablyisofficial."Muchofthishastodowithsociety'semphasison
appearanceasawhole.Iamevenguiltyofthislogic.
Ifinditveryinterestingthataresearcherdescribedeuthanasiaasbargainhunting.Iwould
haveneverthoughtofitinthataspect.SinceIamnotveryknowledgeableinthehealthworld,
sometermsyouusedareveryuncleartome.Maybeforyourfinalpaperitwouldbeagood
ideatodefinesomepossiblyunknowntermsandprocedures!Ithinkisreallycoolhowyouare
alreadyshowingconnectionswithyourpastresearchtothescholarlyresearchyouhavedone.
Itseemslikeyouareontoagreatstart.
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byJamesKellyMonday,26October2015,9:10PM

Katherine,Iagreewithyourstatementof,Lookingbackonit,Iseethatmypaper
couldhaveusedafewmoreantieuthanasiasourcestobalanceitoutanddiscourage
biasbutoverallIdonotfeelasifitpushedthereaderinanycertaindirection.
Addingawiderrangeofbeliefswillstrengthenthepaperandwillallowthereaderto
moreaccuratelypinpointtheirbeliefonthesubject,itwillalsomakethereadermore
comfortableintrustingwhattheyhavereadratherthanquestioningthepurposefor
thepiece.Itisimportanttoaddafewremarksthatchallengeyourpersonal
argument,soyourreadercanunderstandthatthereismorethanjustone,sole
solutiontoagiventopic.However,youdonotwanttoaddanoverwhelmingamount
ofinformationthatgoesagainstyourthesis.Byaddingavastamountofinformation
thatgoesagainstyourthesis,youunintentionallycontradictyourselfwithinyourown
paper.Indoingso,youraudiencemaymisunderstandyouroriginalargument,and
mayperceivethatyouarearguingagainstatopic,wheninreality,youarearguingfor
agiventopic.Thus,itiscrucialthatyouhaveabalanceofinformationthatgoes
against,aswellasinformationthatpromotesyourspecifictopic.
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bySamuelShelyMonday,26October2015,10:39PM

HeyKatie,euthanasiaisoneheatedcontroversialtopic,butthatprobablymakesitallthe
moreinteresting.Whenreadingpartone,itseemsasthoughyoudidagreatjobofattempting
toeliminateconfirmationbiasbyutilizingaroughlyevennumberofsourcesfrombothpoints
ofview.Lateroninthisparagraphyoutalkedaboutthedifficultiesofminimizingconfirmation
becausesomeofyoursourcesweresoemotional.Withatopicsuchasyours,Ibelievethatit
istotallynecessarytousesourcesfrompeoplethathaveexperiencedalovedonethathas
gonethroughthisemotionalexperience.Itisimportanttonotonlynotetheunemotional
objectivestatisticsofeuthanasia,butalsothelessquantifiableemotionalexperiences.
Inparttwo,youstatedhowpeoplethinkthat"ifthedesignofthepagelooksofficialthenthe
informationmustbetrue,"referringtowebpages.IactuallystartedlaughingwhenIreadthis
becauseitisSOtrue,evenformyself.IfIcomeacrossanaestheticallypleasing,modern,
simpleyetsophisticatedlookingwebsite,Iamgoingtoheedmoreattentiontoits'information
thanadisorganized,hardtoreadwebpage.Thelessaestheticallypleasingonecouldhave
moreaccurateinformation,butmyhumannaturetellsmethattheonethatlookslikemore
timewasspentoncreatingit,isalsotheonethatisright(*Ibelievethatisaformofcognitive
bias).
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