Self-paced
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"Surprising" Phenomenon
Why do people invest in technologies that promise to extend life and decrease pain when those technologies are risky investments?
Objective
A hypothesis explaining this behavior will state a benefit to investors that makes the risk worthwhile. It must apply to a group of investments including those that promise to extend life and decrease pain.
1.
Which one of the following, ██ █████ ████ █████ ██ ███████ ███ ████ ██████ ███ ███████ ██ ██████ ██ ███ ████████████ ████ ███████ ██ ██████ ████ ███ ████████ █████
a
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This explains why some investors take the risk. When such a technology does succeed, it brings a large financial benefit that makes the risk worthwhile.
b
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This does not explain why people invest in those technologies. It states that such technologies are numerous, not that they are generally successful.
c
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This does not state that most investments are risky, but rather identifies a new category of risky investments. Simply the existence of this category does not explain why the technologies in question attract investments.
d
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It is not stated whether the technologies in question fit this description. It is possible that no technologies that promise to extend life and decrease pain seem likely to provide a large financial return.
e
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This is irrelevant information. No relationship between the understanding of the natural world gained from research and the tendency of people to invest in that research is implied.