Evaluate the following analogical argument:Wolfgang has been to America, once visiting New York and once visiting Columbus. (Why is it always "Columbus, Ohio"? Is there another sizable Columbus?) Now he has an opportunity to visit New Orleans. Wolfgang decides not to go. "Based on my experience, it will be awful-there'll be crime, violence, poverty, rude people, drug addicts-every kind of unpleasantness."
What will be an ideal response?
Wolfgang's reasoning is really to this effect: He didn't like New York or Columbus, so he wouldn't like any other U.S. city. And we would expect Wolfgang not to like New Orleans, even though there are tremendous differences among the cities mentioned in the exercise. If he's offended by Columbus, he'll be righteously indignant about New Orleans!
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