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Conclusion Even if many more people in the world excluded meat from their diet, world hunger would not thereby be significantly reduced.
Summarize Argument
The author concludes that world hunger would not be significantly reduced by many more people excluding meat from their diet.
Notable Assumptions
The author assumes that there’s nothing about excluding meat from one’s diet that could end up helping to reduce other people’s hunger. This overlooks the possibility that producing less meat in the world might lead to the production of greater amounts of non-meat foods.
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Which one of the following, ██ █████ ████ █████ ████ ████████ ███ █████ ██████
a
Hunger often results ████ ███████ █████████ ████ ████████ ██ ███████████ █████ █████ ████ ██████████ ██ █████ █████
This connects hunger to natural disasters. But it’s not clear how this relates to meat or other foods. This doesn’t suggest that there’s something about excluding meat that could lead to more food in the world.
b
Both herds and █████ ███ ███████████ ██ ███████████ █████ ███ █████ █████████
This suggests both meat (herds) and non-meat (crops) are vulnerable to diseases. This doesn’t suggest that there’s something about excluding meat that could lead to more food in the world.
c
The amount of ████ ██████ ██ ███████ ██████ ████ ██ ████ ███ ██████ ███ █ ████ ███ ████ ██████ █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ ███ ██████ ███ █ █████
This shows how a lot of people excluding meat from their diet might lead to more food in the world. We can grow grain instead of meat and feed more people than we could before.
d
Often people go ██████ ███████ ████ ████ ██ ██████ ██████ █████ █████ █████ ██ ██ █████████ ████████████ ███ █████████ ████ ███████
This suggests hunger is frequently due to lack of access to relief. This doesn’t suggest that excluding meat can lead to more food in the world or less hunger.
e
Most historical cases ██ ██████ ████ ████ ███ ██ ███ ██████ ███ ████████ ████████ ██ ████████████ ████ ██ ███████ ████ ████████
This suggests hunger can be due to social or economic policies. This doesn’t suggest that excluding meat can lead to more food in the world or less hunger.