I chose to read chapter seven, called “So what? Who cares?” This chapter’s main purpose is to show how readers always need to know what is at stake in a text and why they should care. They say that the problem is that speakers don’t address the crucial question of why their arguments matter. I chose this chapter because I needed help with clarifying why things were important, instead of being vague about what I was saying. I found the templates for indicating who cares section was the most helpful part of the chapter.
Before revision:
He goes on about having equilibrium within all life forms, and that “only when science and the arts, critical and empathetic reasoning, are linked to the mainstream will we find a sustainable balance in society.” By which he means, incorporating art into STEM will balance out our minds because we would be using different techniques to gain high-level cognitive reasoning.
After revision:
He goes on about having equilibrium within all life forms, and that “only when science and the arts, critical and empathetic reasoning, are linked to the mainstream will we find a sustainable balance in society.” By which he means, incorporating art into STEM will balance out our minds because we would be using different techniques to gain high-level cognitive reasoning. This interpretation challenges the earlier work of Boslough, who has long assumed that good scientists don’t allow personal feelings to get in the way of evidence.
When you make new connections, you generate new ideas. Well done.