PT127.S1.Q14

PrepTest 127 - Section 1 - Question 14

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Support Over 90 percent of the human brain currently serves no purpose, as is evident from the fact that Support many people with significant brain damage show no discernible adverse effects. ██ ████ ██████ █████ ██ ███ ████ ████ ██████████ ██████ ██ ██████████ ███ ███████████ ████ ████████ ████ █████ ████ ██████████████ ████ ██ ██████ ███ ███████ ██ ██████

Summarize Argument

The author concludes that, when humans begin to tap into the tremendous source of creativity and innovation, that many problems that seem insurmountable today will be within our ability to solve. To support this, the author notes that over 90% of the brain remains unused (a sub-conclusion that is supported by the observation that many people with significant brain damage experience no noticeable negative effects).

Identify and Describe Flaw

The author assumes that the large portion of the brain that currently serves no purpose could be a source of creativity and innovation. From the information given, we have no reason to believe that these parts of the brain are a potential source of creativity and innovation––they could, for example, be purely structural with no potential to impact one’s creativity.

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14.

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a

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b

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c

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d

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e

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