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It is possible to prevent murders if the knowledge of state of mind of murderers is known in advance. Looking at the current technology curve, it is predicted that miniature devices that can judge human’s state of mind and embedded in the body will be available. Hence, in 20 years, it would be possible to reduce the number of murders considerably by embedding these devices in the mind of suspicious personnel who have a history of crime.
Which of the following, if true, casts most serious doubt on the conclusion made by the argument?
A. Current privacy laws do not permit embedding monitoring devices in humans.
B. It is estimated that these devices will be expensive costing upwards of $5000/piece.
C. It was recently proved that techniques used by mind readers are not repeatable and will not hold their ground in the court of law.
D. People who are arrested when they are about to commit a murder cannot be charged since the murder never happened.
E. Looking at the pace of current technology improvement, it seems highly doubtful that scientists will be able to produce a miniature device smaller than human cells.
Which of the following, if true, casts most serious doubt on the conclusion made by the argument?
A. Current privacy laws do not permit embedding monitoring devices in humans.
B. It is estimated that these devices will be expensive costing upwards of $5000/piece.
C. It was recently proved that techniques used by mind readers are not repeatable and will not hold their ground in the court of law.
D. People who are arrested when they are about to commit a murder cannot be charged since the murder never happened.
E. Looking at the pace of current technology improvement, it seems highly doubtful that scientists will be able to produce a miniature device smaller than human cells.
24 Jan 2023, 16:23
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Can someone explain how A is the answer. A says that Current privacy laws do not permit embedding monitoring devices in humans. This is the current situation, and it can change in 20 years when the technology is actually available to embed the devices? The conclusion follows from the premise that such devices will be available to read the state of mind and the conclusion is that in 20 years, it would be possible to reduce the number of murders considerably by embedding such devices in the mind of suspicious personnel who have a history of crime. Probably privacy laws might permit the embedding of these devices for greater good.
I felt C can cast doubt. If it was recently proved that techniques used by mind readers are not repeatable, such embedded devices do not consistently read the mind of the person and can fail to identify the exact state of mind and hence murders need not necessarily go down.
I felt C can cast doubt. If it was recently proved that techniques used by mind readers are not repeatable, such embedded devices do not consistently read the mind of the person and can fail to identify the exact state of mind and hence murders need not necessarily go down.
24 Jan 2023, 23:22
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I too feel the same that A is not the best choice for this question, while E gives follows a similar pattern of logic as A does that judges current scenario. To choose the best of 5 I would go with E as it breaks the premise on which the conclusion is held.
