Evaluate the following analogical argument:Six months ago, several of Molly's friends joined the Trimtime Fitness Center. Each of them participated in Trimtime's weight-reduction and fitness regimen. All reported substantial weight reduction, and all are visibly slimmer. Molly is convinced. She joins Trimtime and enrolls in the same program, hoping and expecting to see the same results. She is especially delighted to learn that Trimtime had adjusted its program to make it even more effective in a shorter period of time.
What will be an ideal response?
Molly should consider potential differences between her and her friends. From our outsider's point of view, though, we would have to say that if she followed the original program just as they did, then we would expect her to get similar results. But without knowing the details of the changes in the program or the evidence for believing that the changes will be an improvement, Molly should not be delighted to learn that the program has been "adjusted"; the change in the program weakens the argument. (Trimtime might, of course, be able to give Molly good reason for thinking that the change will be an improvement.)
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