Donna: For the most part, medical researchers
agree that someone who regularly consumes large
amounts of alcohol will probably have serious
health problems.
Steve: Heavy drinking does not adversely
impact one's health. My great uncle drank heavily
for years and seemed in perfect health. In fact, he
lived to be 87 years old.
Which one of the following is a major flaw in
Steve's argument?
(A) Steve's argument uses only one example to
attempt to refute a probable, not a foregone,
result.
(B) Steve cites an example that medical
researchers did not study.
(C) Steve's argument implies that there can be no
correlation between heavy drinking and poor
health.
(D) Steve's argument fails to acknowledge the
possibility that his great uncle may not have
been in good health after all.
(E) Steve doesn't indicate how long ago his great
uncle lived so that different medical treatments
can be taken into account.