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Archaeologist: A large corporation has recently offered to provide funding to restore an archaeological site and to construct facilities to make the site readily accessible to the general public. ███ ███████████ ████ ███████ ██ ███ ████ ███████ ████████ █████ ███ ███ ████ ████████ ██ ███ ██████ ██ ███ ███████ ████████████ ████ ████████ ███ ████ █████ ██████ ██ █████████ ████████ ███████ ████ █████ ██ ███ ████ ███████ ██████████ █████████
Summary
The archaeologist concludes that the corporation should not restore and open the site. His reasoning is that parts of the site have not yet been examined.
Missing Connection
Why does a site being partially unexamined (the support) make it off-limits for reconstruction and public access (the conclusion)? The archaeologist needs to add an assumption that bridges the gap here. For example: if a site has not been fully examined, it should not be reconstructed or opened to the public.
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a
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The archaeologist’s argument is about usage of sites, not ownership of them. (A) wouldn’t justify the stimulus’ argument, because the corporation could restore and open the site without owning it.
b
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The corporation might plan to represent the most ancient period of this site’s history, so (B) doesn’t justify the archaeologist’s argument.
c
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Neither the archaeologist nor the corporation made a judgment about the height of a civilization, so this is irrelevant.
d
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The corporation could have a true concern for the site’s history. Therefore, this wouldn’t justify the archaeologist’s argument.
e
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This would justify the archaeologist's conclusion that the site should not be restored and opened. Doing so at least risks losing unexamined evidence. Assuming (E) is true, this would outweigh any benefits of opening the site.