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Re: Some people claim that every human discovery or invention is an instan [#permalink]
IMO B

Question demands the non-trivial reasoning for other to take it seriously and that's exactly what option B is suggesting.
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Re: Some people claim that every human discovery or invention is an instan [#permalink]
Some people claim that every human discovery or invention is an instance of self-expression. But what they seem to ignore is that, trivially, anything we do is self-expressive. So, until they can give us a more interesting interpretation of their claim, we are not obliged to take their claim seriously.

Which one of the following, if true, provides the most support for the reasoning above?

(A) All claims that are trivial are uninteresting. - WRONG. Uninteresting is opposite to more interesting and thus nothing can be said about it.

(B) Most people do not take trivial claims seriously. - WRONG. It's not about most people.

(C) No claims that are trivial are worthy of serious consideration. - CORRECT. If not, then conclusion is questionable.

(D) Every claim is open to both interesting and uninteresting interpretations. - WRONG. Again argument remains open to be moulded in any direction. Uninteresting is irrelevant.

(E) Every interpretation is either trivial or uninteresting. - WRONG. Trivial interpretation is taking the argument in the wrong direction. What we do is self-expressive which is trivial not the interpretation. Also, every interpretation being either trivial or uninteresting is irrelevant as argument open to take any direction from there.

Answer C.
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