for me i thought about how if B were true then it would be unpractical for the businesses to even report on a non-action. In other words, if businesses have to be reported for every time they meet a standard, and meeting standards is about non action, then it wouldn't be feasible for the media company to live by the principle through these reportings.

where in the passage does it literally say that Caroll and Chen were the ones who RAISED the puzzle? The author states it as a general mystery, and doens't specify that they asked/raised this question themsleves??

shouldnt it be other way around? If passage a is saying that markets reflect reliable, existent information, isnt that what a thermometer does? Accurately measure? Whereas a thermostat sets the temperature in the same way public opinion may "artificially" affect market data

Will a referenced section/word/sentence in a question for the RC section still pop up as highlighted on the passage?

I understand E but why is D wrong? The professor explains that emiting intense light and rising are signs of a reaction caused by plasma, but he doesn't explain why plasma should cause intense light. He then uses this to posit that because the reactions he observed bad dull light, Ball lightning cannot be caused by plasma.