An effort should be made to dispel the misunderstandings that still prevent the much-needed synthesis and mutual supplementation of science and the humanities. ███
Problem ·Misunderstandings prevent the synthesis of science and the humanities
The misunderstanding should be dispelled. Science and the humanities should be synthesized.
Author sees this as a "caricature" of science. Author implies that science does not ignore or explain away the most essential human values. That science can have something to say about morality, religion, and the arts.
Scientists (mistakenly) view humanities as only interested in emotion and sentiment. That humanities are useless because it serves no pragmatic purpose (contra science and technology). That morality, religion, and the arts are of secondary importance.
The author never indicates that scientists are less interested in “bodies in motion” than in constructing math models. So (A) doesn’t make sense as something the author would recommend humanists begin believing. “Bodies in motion” and math models are just two examples of things that humanists think scientists are focused on.
b
an acknowledgement that █████ ██ █ █████████ ███████ ██ ███ ████ ████ ███████ ████ ███ ███████ ███
Humanists already believe this. So the author wouldn’t recommend (B) as a modification to the humanists’ view.
c
an acceptance of ███ ███████████ ██ ██████████ ██████████ ██ ███ ███████████ ██ █████ ██████
Supported as something the author would recommend humanists begin believing. When the author says that humanities “in fact” profits from controlled evaluation, the author is telling humanists that they’re wrong in thinking that humanities doesn’t profit from controlled evaluation.
d
a less strident ██████████ ██ ███ ███████ ██████████ ██ ███ ████ ██ ████████ █████
We have no reason to think the author believes humanists are too “strident” (meaning, harsh or grating) in their claims. Also, we don’t know that humanists claim arts is of “primary importance” in life.
e
an emphasis on ██████████ ████ ███ ███████ ███ ███ ██████████ ███████ ███ █████████ ████████ ██ ███████
We have no reason to think the author would recommend humanists show the practical value of humanities. This is something scientists would say, but not the author.
Difficulty
89% of people who answer get this correct
This is a slightly challenging question.
It is similar in difficulty to other questions in this passage.
CURVE
Score of students with a 50% chance of getting this right
25%130
141
75%152
Analysis
Implied
Critique or debate
Humanities
Problem-analysis
Answer Popularity
PopularityAvg. score
a
3%
157
b
1%
153
c
89%
165
d
2%
160
e
4%
160
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