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In Merina commercial fossil hunters often sell important fossils they have found, not to universities or museums, but to individual collectors, who pay much better but generally do not allow researchers access to their collections. To increase the number of fossils available for research, some legislators propose requiring all fossils that are found in Merina to be sold only to universities or museums.
Commercial fossil hunters are the key people who do the fossil hunting in Merina.
Legislators want to increase the number of fossils to be available for research.
Conclusion/Proposal in this particular case: Hence they want all fossils that are found in Merina to be sold ONLY to universities or museums.
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Which of the following, if true, most strongly indicates that the legislators' proposal will fail to achieve its goal?
Strengthen the contention that the proposal is bound to fail.
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(A) Some fossil hunters in Merina are not commercial fossil hunters, but rather are amateurs who keep the fossils that they find.
Who are those hunters isn't a matter of discussion as per the question. Whomsoever he/she is, legislators want him/her to sell the fossils only to the universities or museum.
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(B) Most fossils found in Merina are common types that have little scientific interest.
Even then the legislators want the fossils to be sold only to universities or museums.
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(C) Commercial fossil hunters in Merina currently sell some of the fossils they find to universities and museums.
Legislators want ALLLLLLLLLLLLL.
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(D) Many universities in Merina do not engage in fossil research.
Great, Many = More than 1. Even if there are only 2 universities who engage in research of this particular type. The legislators order stands as is.
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(E) Most fossils are found by commercial fossil hunters, and they would give up looking for fossils if they were no longer allowed to sell to individual collectors.
If the fossil hunters who find most of the commercial fossils stop looking for them in case restrictions are imposed on selling the fossils to individual collectors, then the legislators would never meet their intended result.
Hence this option stands out.