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For this question, the argument says "stage-4 sleep" is essential. Doesn’t that imply it is a necessary condition and not sufficient condition. The correct answer which is ’A’ doesn’t seem to fit here.

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For this question, the argument says "stage-4 sleep" is essential. Doesn’t that imply it is a necessary condition and not sufficient condition. The correct answer which is ’A’ doesn’t seem to fit here.

Can someone help me with the reasoning?

I guess the concept here is - Something is essential only when the result cannot be obtained without it. So when option 1 says "Only stage-4 sleep can restore substance P to its normal, non-sensitizing level" this means Stage 4 sleep is essential for restoring substance P. Which is the conclusion, thus, Option becomes an assumption. Also, If we negate Option A -> "Not Only stage-4 sleep can restore substance P to its normal, non-sensitizing level" this means there are other things that can bring the chemical to its normal level -> getting sufficient stage-4 sleep is "not" essential to preventing fibromyalgia as there are other options too -> Thus, it failed the conclusion, statement no longer holds. Thus Option 1 is necessary assumption.

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https://gmatclub.com/forum/one-of-the-effects-of-lead-poisoning-is-an-inflammation-of-the-optic-n-126675.html Can someone explain A using negation and tell me how its weaking?

The flow of the question is : lead poisoning leads to inflammation of optic nerve —-> bright halo around light sources.

Sunflower painting used Naples yellow, which contains lead. Van Gough ingested it. Lead poisoning as a reason is put forth.

Later paintings - Van gough painted bright haloes around sun and stars. So, it’s highly likely (greater probability) that the paint must have been ingested by Van Gough.

The last italics part demonstrates the conclusion.

We cannot change the premise. So, if Van Gough has painted haloes around light sources. Then he must have ingested the paints, leading to lead poisoning.

What if, the conclusion is false. So, no paint ingestion by Van Gough. But, still van gough paints picture with bright haloes. May be he draws what he sees. He is gifted to see what others don’t see. Or may be the vision is distorted post accident or birth defects. Then the conclusion fails. So, the entire narrative of paint ingestion and lead poisoning falls apart.

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Thanks for the explanation, but still, I get the conclusion is " it is likely that he was suffering from lead poisoning caused by ingesting the pigments he used becos later paintings contained bright haloes around sun and star" Option A mentions "In Van Gogh’s later paintings he painted some things as he saw them." If he painted what he saw, doesnt that directly weaken the fact that LEAD poisoning aint the reason.?

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Yes the conclusion of lead poisoning as the cause for the painting falls out

So there is no doubt on the bright halo. Is the cause of bright halo lead or something else ? Since the initial statement mentions as optical nerve inflammation we are forced to think and link the dots. Moreover, does the inflammation of optical nerve lead to bright halo paintings? Yes.
The question is are these two facts linked ! ? The linking part is the paint ingested. To break it , bring something else to the table to weaken it

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