Aniyo wrote:
richirish wrote:
Good passage, quite long but questions are moderate, 6 mins, all correct, happy to help if required!
Hello , can you explain the answer for the third question?
Hi
Aniyo,
3. Based on the information in the passage, which of the following opinions could most reasonably be ascribed to the author?
A. Too often nothing truly effective can be done to ameliorate the illness of a patient.
B. There is no way that pseudoscience will ever be eliminated.
C. Beliefs can be maintained even in the absence of strong supporting evidence.
D. Experience never forces one to reject any particular belief.
E. Quack doctors should be banned
Explanation: In other words the question is asking: which of the following opinions could the author agree with.
C can be inferred from the last para where author mentions: "However, just as the existence of pink does not undermine the distinction between red and white, and dawn doesn‘t indicate that day and night are really the same, this problematic fringe area doesn‘t negate the fundamental differences between science and its impostors.", and the lines from the last para: "we can hold to our belief in the efficacy of the above diet, or indeed in the validity of any pseudoscience.", implying that beliefs can still exist in the absence of any strong evidence.
If we look at the options we can easily eliminate A and E, as A is just a part of the bigger understanding, and not the main point author is trying to make and E is completely irrelevant to what's asked. B is completely opposite of what's mentioned in the passage. C is the opinion of Quine and not the author. The author is just mentioning it.
Hope This Helps.
Thanks.