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Astronomer: Does a recent meteorite from Mars contain fossilized bacteria. █████████ ██████ █ ██████████ ██████ ████ ███ █████████████ ██████████ █████ ██ ███ █████████ ██████ ██ ██████████ █████████ ██ ███ ███████ ████ ████ ███ █████████ ██ █ ███████ ███ ██████ ██ ███ ████████ ███████ █████████ ████████ ███████ ████ ██████ ██ ██████ █████ ████ ███ ██████ ███ █████ ██ ██████████ █████████ ███ ████████ ███ ████████ ████ ███████ ████████ █████ ██████ ██ █████████ ██ █ ███████ ██ █████ ██████ ██████ ████ █████ ██ █████ █████████ ████ ██ █████ ███████
Summarize Argument: Phenomenon-Hypothesis
The astronomer concludes that the structures found in the meteorite could be bacteria, rejecting Tagar’s claim that they’re too small. The author rejects Tagar’s view because two other biologists hold a differing view that could explain the structures’ small size.
Identify and Describe Flaw
The problem with this argument is that the astronomer gives no reason for siding with Swiderski and Terrada instead of Tagar. In order to prove this conclusion, the argument would need to provide support for Swiderski and Terrada’s claim that bacteria would shrink when they’re short on nutrients, but since it doesn’t, the astronomer’s preference for their view is arbitrary. The astronomer overlooks the possibility that Tagar could have the correct position.
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