This one definitely took me much longer than I had hoped it would, around 4.5 minutes, but nevertheless, I am glad I took the time to really understand my choice of B.
I'm just wondering all the other 4 that do "weaken" the argument aren't they denying the premises though? I thought we were told that denying the premises might not be the way to weaken?
I love the way this curriculum is structured, it's pretty cool to see how two questions ago we had the same exact pattern in the ebola question as in this question. The responses are similar in the sense that they are irrelevant to the argument.
i think i get too overconfident when it comes to understanding the stim, that i start skimming and miss key words like "vitamin content", I chose C solely because I thought the stim does not discuss vitamin content, when it does... gotta work on this ripppp
Tell me why I feel like B could be seen as restating a fact in the argument but it could also be seen as weakening the argument because the speaker agrees irritated foods cause cancer and the B kind just says well anything could cause cancer not just irritated foods. But maybe going off topic from the argument a bit means it is not weakening it??
Unfortunately I thought seldom meant a lot, rather then a little! Frustrating to get a question wrong just because I didn't know the definition of a word.
This helped me. I found myself looking for the answer choice that STRENGTHEND the argument when faced with this type of question rather then the answer choice that simply DOES NOT WEAKEN the argument further. Sounds kind of obvious, but it worked for me.
Finally, understand why AC (B) doesn’t weaken the argument. It merely states that there are some other reasons that can cause cancer. It is not denying the truth of P3 or the conclusion of the author. Its like saying -
C: Don't drive the car P: Because driving causes accident.
An incorrect weakener like the AC(B) would be - 'there are other reasons for accidents not related to driving' (say, being a passenger in the car and dying due to an explosion). Sorry, that's a sad death! But it doesn't weaken the conclusion.
I feel that I am getting worse at these, I'm so unmotivated ):
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This one definitely took me much longer than I had hoped it would, around 4.5 minutes, but nevertheless, I am glad I took the time to really understand my choice of B.
I'm just wondering all the other 4 that do "weaken" the argument aren't they denying the premises though? I thought we were told that denying the premises might not be the way to weaken?
Why do I feel like I touched Goku 4 times
honestly I just keep pushing through bc I'm sure this will all click someday soon rip
I love the way this curriculum is structured, it's pretty cool to see how two questions ago we had the same exact pattern in the ebola question as in this question. The responses are similar in the sense that they are irrelevant to the argument.
i think i have cancer after this question
I really overthought the fuck outta this question
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Sorry, I feel that A does weaken the argument because it does say that some of the food does have URPS which of my opinion strengthens the argument.
I read this as "eradicated"...
I can never get EXCEPT questions correctly ohmygod #help
Does this irradiation thing actually happen? Like what
I think I'm starting to understand! I know the next drill will punch me in the face for saying that
#feedback Bug: this question did not register my selected choice
i think i get too overconfident when it comes to understanding the stim, that i start skimming and miss key words like "vitamin content", I chose C solely because I thought the stim does not discuss vitamin content, when it does... gotta work on this ripppp
If my clown ass narrows a "weakens EXCEPT" problem to 2 final answers and then completely forgets the existence of the word "except" one more time....
mcanawept2faatcfteotweomt→ ....
Wait im cooking...
Tell me why I feel like B could be seen as restating a fact in the argument but it could also be seen as weakening the argument because the speaker agrees irritated foods cause cancer and the B kind just says well anything could cause cancer not just irritated foods. But maybe going off topic from the argument a bit means it is not weakening it??
I for sure thought it was D.
Unfortunately I thought seldom meant a lot, rather then a little! Frustrating to get a question wrong just because I didn't know the definition of a word.
This helped me. I found myself looking for the answer choice that STRENGTHEND the argument when faced with this type of question rather then the answer choice that simply DOES NOT WEAKEN the argument further. Sounds kind of obvious, but it worked for me.
Finally, understand why AC (B) doesn’t weaken the argument. It merely states that there are some other reasons that can cause cancer. It is not denying the truth of P3 or the conclusion of the author. Its like saying -
C: Don't drive the car P: Because driving causes accident.
An incorrect weakener like the AC(B) would be - 'there are other reasons for accidents not related to driving' (say, being a passenger in the car and dying due to an explosion). Sorry, that's a sad death! But it doesn't weaken the conclusion.
Everytime I get a question right I get so hyped. Last few sections have been rough but every section afterwards I feel like I'm getting better
Fuck this problem.
I was so certain that the wrong answer was correct, that's concerning
I feel that I am getting worse at these, I'm so unmotivated ):