At the end of season 4, Berna-dette announces that she successfully defended her dissertation and earned her Ph.D., and she then announces being recruited by a pharmaceutical company and getting paid a “buttload” of money
Again, she is now making a ton of money and she got her phd
Amy quickly shows the gaps in his knowledge and abilities and asserts not only her expertise, but also her con-fidence in her work
So not all of her theories are dismissed by her peers. she does have some smarts.
A very worthy person, a true lover of his courntry, and whose virtues Ihighly esteem, was lately pleased in discoursing on this matter to offer arefinement upon my scheme. He said that many gentlemen of this king-dom, having of late destroyed their deer, he conceived that the want ofvenison might be well supplied by the bodies of young lads and maidens,not exceeding fourteen years of age nor under twelve, so great a number ofboth sexes in every county being now ready to starve for want of work andservice; and these to be disposed of by their parents, if alive, or otherwiseby their nearest relations. But with due deference to so excellent a friendand so deserving a patriot, I cannot be altogether in his sentiments; for asto the males, my American acquainteance assured me from frequent expe-rience that their flesh was generally tough and lean, like that of our school-boys, by continiual exercise, and their taste disagreeable; and to fattenthem would not answer the charge.
Swift establishes ethos here through referring to a deer hunter so that he can draw a distinction between the hunter's advice and the advice of his "American acquaintance". Good counterargument.
Ethos. If a "very worthy person,a true lover of his country" "offers refinement" toward Swift's scheme, it must have some credibility.