Question

What is the author’s argument in the essay "Sex, Drugs, Disasters, and the Extinction of Dinosaurs?”

Answer 1

Answer:

The author's main argument in his essay was to tell how to develop scientific claims reaching to it's final conclusion rather than fascinating claims.

Explanation:

'Sex, Drugs, Disasters, and the Extinction of Dinosaurs' is an essay written by Stephen Jay Gould, a Professor of Geology at Harvard University.

In his essay he explains how dinosaurs extinction took place by elaborating the three elements– sex, drugs, and disaster. By detailing each and every aspects, Gould presents how a good scientific proposal is elaborated. He starts his essay by defining science and how conclusions are reached through series of consequences and not by fascination. Then he goes on the explain his points and reaching the conclusion of his thesis.

Therefore, the main argument by Gould in this essay was to educate his readers how to develop scientific claims reaching to it's final conclusion rather than fascinating claims.