Support Although Damon had ample time earlier in the month to complete the paper he is scheduled to present at a professional conference tomorrow morning, he repeatedly put off doing it. █████ █████ █████ ███ ███ █████ █████ ██ █████ ███ ████ ██ ██ █████ ██ ██ ███ ███████ ███████ █████████████ ████████ ███ ██████████████ ████████████ █████████ ███████ █████ █████ ████ ████████ ███ █████ ███ ████████ ████ ██ ██████ ███ ██ ████ ███ ████████ ███ ███ ███████ ███ ███ ███ █████ ██████████ █████ ███████ ██ ███ ████████████████ █████ ████ ██ ██████ ██ ██████ ███████ ███ ████████████ ███ ███ ██████ █████████████████
The stimulus explains Damon's situation: Damon has procrastinated on a paper he needs to present tomorrow morning. He can only get it done in time if he works on it all evening without being interrupted. But he has also promised to attend his daughter's recital and take her and her friends out for ice cream this evening. The stimulus concludes that because Damon procrastinated, he will now have to choose between "his professional and his family responsibilities" — i.e., he can't fulfill both.
The argument presents two options that are mutually exclusive. We know Damon can finish this paper only if he works on it all evening without being interrupted. So it follows that he can either finish this paper or attend his daughter's recital, as he promised — not both. Since the cause of Damon being in this situation is his procrastination, the argument concludes that Damon's procrastination will force him to have to choose between these two options.
Analysis by ArdaschirArguelles
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