John Tierney Nostalgia

In “What Is Nostalgia Good For? Quite a Bit, Research Shows,” columnist John Tierney argues that people benefit from nostalgia and that nostalgia “makes us a bit more human.” Using testimonial evidence from multiple scientists, Tierney conveys his message by giving authority and importance to his argument by backup from experiments and scientific individuals (Dr. Sedikides, Tim Wildschut, etc.) who are more knowledgeable than the common man and thus would be more likely to know the true nature of nostalgia. Testimonial evidence (when “researchers found that people in a cold room were more likely to nostalgize than people in warmer rooms.”) and scientific data are used in order to show people the importance of nostalgia, and Tierney obtains