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Tuesday, Jun 30 2020
Elephants are going to become extinct due to poaching for the ivory trade, so it should be banned to avoid extinction. Zimbabwe rejects the ban as they rely on culling elephants for income. They say the problem is not the ivory trade but the conservation policies of other countries.
A) Strengthens the argument bc it shows that Zimbabwe is not the problem so why should they be affected by the ban?
B) this does nothing to the argument.
C) sovereignty? lol what
D) very irrelevant
E) They already eliminated illegal poaching within their borders so how does this help?
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Tuesday, Jun 30 2020
Grow-again ointment prevents baldness. You should use it five drops a day and there is no benefit for using more than five drops. So offering a manufacturer's rebate won't increase sales and won't be profitable for the manufacturer.
A) doesn't follow the conclusion bc if they think they need more bottles it would increase the sales
B) who cares??
C) if the rebate isn't going to attract new customers then the conclusion that it won't increase your sales makes sense and it strengthens the argument
D) so irrelevant
E) we can produce it cost-efficiently in large quantities. So?
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Friday, Aug 28 2020
I don't know if it's just me but this question and explanation made no sense to me I am so lost
#help (Added by Admin)
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Saturday, Jun 27 2020
The human brain and mental capacities evolved to help self-preservation. The capacity to make aesthetic judgments is an adaptation. Aesthetic judgments must be evaluated in terms of promoting self-preservation.
A) This states that there were no physical adaptations and part of it was already mentioned.
B) this isn't relevant and does nothing to the argument.
C) We evaluate a person’s aesthetic judgment based on why it was formed, and aesthetic judgment was formed for survival, bridges that gap.
D) ok? so what
E) we are talking about an individual not a species.
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Saturday, Jun 27 2020
Student took 12 classes and got a B in majority of them, so the student will probably get a B in the new course they are taking.
A) if she's being tutored her grade might actually improve
B) it's not a specific subject matter she gets a B in almost all subjects
C) student isn't changing any study habits
D) if the student is a straight B student then it's not likely they will stray from that norm
E) if she got a B in a related course she probably won't do any better on the next one bc its a continuation of that course
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Saturday, Jun 27 2020
Insects use UV light for food sources & mating sights by sensing patterns of UV light. G spiderwebs reflect UV light. Insects are attracted to G webs because of the patterns of UV light reflected off it.
A) we are talking about G webs that reflect UV not ones that don't
B) silk? not relevant
C) garden spider? who cares about the specific type of spider
D) this doesn't strengthen it seems to almost contradict the conclusion
E) show they are attracted to the G web with UV light which strengthens our argument
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Saturday, Jun 27 2020
Was so torn between A and C and of course picked the wrong one. The regime made up of ordinary ppl seeking paradise. The regime killed ppl to reach its goal of paradise but later found out its unrecognizable. Some of the ppl of regime Q are murderers.
A) we aren't arguing whether the murder was justified we are arguing the mere fact that it was murder. This just assumes it was murder.
B) we aren't talking about fanaticism.
C) this strengthens our argument that people of regime Q were in fact murderers.
D) inhumanity??
E) we aren't arguing what constitutes fanaticism.
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Saturday, Jun 27 2020
Replace gas with methanol which doesn't produce benzene, but it produces formaldehyde. So the proposal has little merit.
Guess who didn't read the question stem right lol me.
A) what does this have to do with methanol?
B) that's great but doesn't do anything to our argument
C) this doesn't matter for the argument
D) supports the argument that we should use methanol over gasoline
E) would go against the environmentalist's argument
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Saturday, Jun 27 2020
Microprinting vs. special ink. The special ink is more expensive but easier to identify than microprinting so it should be used instead.
A) additional negative toward microprinting which strengthens our argument that special ink should be used instead
B) we want the method used to be prevalent
C) this would weaken it
D) who cares
E) this a pro for microprinting so they doesn't strengthen our argument
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Saturday, Jun 27 2020
Spears were the main weapon used in intertribal conflicts. There was a high number of warrior tombs found that indicates that wars between these tribes were frequent and there were a lot of casualties. So they claim that the tribes developed new weapons for warfare.
A) we already know in the early bronze age they use spears
B) ok??
C) we are talking about late bronze age tombs
D) what kind of weapons? make too many assumptions
E) They used a different weapon-arrowheads
I doubted myself and put E first and then changed it to D during blind review bc I thought that arrowheads and spears might be the same thing.
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Thursday, Jun 25 2020
If one gets sick from food they will develop a strong distaste to the food with the most distinct flavor. This is why children develop hatred towards some food.
A) we are talking about foods with distinct flavors
B) health? lol what
C) this would strengthen the argument why they develop hatred towards more foods.
D) what does this have to do with develop an aversion to food?
E) we aren't talking about unfamiliar food
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Thursday, Jun 25 2020
Use more gasohol bc higher octane rating and gives off less carbon monoxide than gas.
A) if cars that use gas run less well than gasohol this strengthens our argument that we should use more gasohol.
B) saves energy so strengthens
C) if they burn more gasohol this wouldn't strengthen our argument
D) if it's cheaper duh we should use it more
E) just adds another reason why we should use gasohol
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Thursday, Jun 25 2020
SH must frequently declare a water emergency. This could be avoided if they introduced economic incentives to conserve water. But SH discourages water conservation. They ask for a flat fee and give a certain maximum usage number.
A) irrelevant this is talking about enforcement not what the current law is about the threshold of the water usage
B) why would we want to raise the threshold anymore?
C) This proves that they discourage water conservation bc since the threshold is so high they are just wasting water.
D) other towns?? why would this be relevant
E) this does nothing to our argument
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Thursday, Jun 25 2020
Filling a cavity can sometimes damage the healthy parts of a tooth. Cavities are harmful only when they reach the nerves in the tooth. Dentists should not fill cavities unless there is imminent danger.
A) filling in cavities inevitably causes damage to some healthy parts of teeth, this then fails the necessary condition, which means dentist can’t ever fill in any cavities
B) I agree with this but it has nothing to do with the argument
C) this states that if the cavity isn't in imminent danger then do not fill it
D) progressive??
E) constant surveillance??
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Wednesday, Jun 24 2020
Commercial planes have a radar that tells them how close they are to other planes. Bc it warns them about a collision it is safe them planes without the radar, even though the radar frequently warns planes to evade phantom airplanes.
A) Evading the phantom airplanes poses no threat so it strengthens
B) this is random doesn't matter
C) even if it rarely happens we still want to know which is safer
D) this weakens the argument
E) this just provides detail doesn't strengthen the argument
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Tuesday, Jun 16 2020
Observational research is used more now than market research bc it gives us information that survey's can't provide us with.
A) this give us extra information that a survey couldn't so strengthens
B) has nothing to do with the extra info we would get
C) what does this have to do with market v. observational research
D) who cares if it's more enjoyable?
E) that's great but we aren't talking about certain types of surveys
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Tuesday, Jun 16 2020
Jane: TV shows and movies depict violence among teenagers. Which cause young people to engage in violent behavior. Depictions of violence among teens should be prohibited from tv shows and movies.
Maurice: your claim is mistaken. violence among young people predates movies and tv shows.
A) we are talking about teenagers, not adults
B) strengthens bc they ones promoted to the younger audience influence them the most
C) we don't care about the people who make most profit
D) this reiterates Maurice's argument - weakens it
E) requires too many assumptions
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Tuesday, Jun 16 2020
Promotion of daily consumption of food from four food groups. But this is dangerous to health.
A) promoting heart disease shows it dangerous
B) gave the wrong impression that fish is less healthy than meat
C) recommendation doesn't suffice for a healthy serving
D) this doesn't strengthen the conclusion that it is dangerous for your health at all
E) overconsumption of sweets & fats isn't good for your health
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Thursday, Jun 11 2020
paintings were a description of their diets. This theory is not right bc they must have eaten sea animals from the waters but the paintings didn't depict those creatures.
A) explains why there were no pictures of sea creatures bc they ate land animals when they were on land
B) the paintings of sea animals did not last over time
C) we don't know whether they eat land animals- requires us to make an assumption
D) by preserving the meat they didn't need to hunt the sea animals
E) gives an alternative explanation that it wasn't them so they still could have eaten sea animals
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Wednesday, Jul 01 2020
Amphibians are dying off. Earth’s ozone layer is thinning and has been for 50 years. Ozone is important because it blocks radiation that can kill amphibians. So, the problem that has led to amphibians dying off is the thinning of Earth’s ozone.
A) we already knew UV-B can damage genes - this adds nothing to the argument
B) Amphibian populations are depleting faster than other populations
C) the parts that are depleted badly are over amphibian populations
D) gets rid of the assumption that something else like humans was causing them to die off
E) this matches up with how long the ozone has been depleting
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Wednesday, Jul 01 2020
Elected govn't officials supported the arts w/ tax dollars. Even though some taxpayers found some of the arts offensive. No tax payers were treated unjustly.
A) this makes it seem like they were treated unjustly
B) f funded by officials legitimately, then the activity is warranted. Completes the support to the conclusion
C) we don't know if the majority actually supports this
D) we aren't talking about what to do if we are unhappy with it
E) we aren't saying you don't have the right to complain we are just saying you weren't treated unjustly
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Wednesday, Jul 01 2020
Greek texts were translated into Arabic when they were of high demand. Arab philosophers had an interest in Aristotle's poetics, but arab poets were not bc they would have wanted to read Homer & it was translated into Arabic.
A) You can infer that there was no demand for them from this statement bc the Medieval Arab poets did have the opportunity to translate the manuscripts of Homer but they didn't do it
B) how does this help us?
C) who cares?
D) has nothing to do with this
E) drama? this is so random
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Wednesday, Jul 01 2020
Some ppl claim that invention and discovery = self-expression. They ignore that, trivially, anything we do is self-expressive. So unless they can give us a better interpretation of their claim we don't have to take the claim seriously.
A) we aren't saying they are uninteresting we just want them to be more interesting
B) we don't care about what most people think
C) Trivial → /Worthy of Serious consideration - this aligns with the conclusion so it strengthens
D) we care about something that is more interesting
E) this doesn't help
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Wednesday, Jul 01 2020
If we are going to solve the homeless problem we need government intervention. Govn't intervention leads to increased raise in taxes.
A) The problem with this is that it doesn’t allow us to conclude that we should raise taxes.
B) we don't know what is sufficient to solve the problem
C) Gov't intervention & raised taxes are necessary conditions for solving the problem of homelessness so they are required to be adopted
D) we don't know what is sufficient to solve the problem
E) we don't know what is sufficient to solve the problem
When developing a new product line you must have talent. They require a lot of managerial skills but low revenue. Talented managers are assigned only to high revenue product lines causing them to fail. So, the best managers in a company should be assigned to development projects.
A) this weakens the argument
B) how does this support the conclusion?
C) seems to almost weaken the argument
D) Strengthens because it shows that the older projects don’t need talented managers
E) what does this have to do with the argument?