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What makes the following sentence a weak argument?

Ear buds are probably doing serious physical damage to their inner eardrums or even the brain itself, but apparently that doesn’t bother anyone.
A) The author is not a medical doctor.
B) The sentence is not a weak argument.
C) The author is too angry to be persuasive.
D) The author is speculating, but not providing concrete evidence.

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Answer is D for USA Test Prep

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D, we don't know if the author is a doctor or not, is seeming a little angry but there is no evidence to support that, it could just be a claim. a good way to make this a strong argument is to include a static 
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