Elite097 wrote:
avigutman I wish it helped to do that i would have not had a doubt. i am still not clear about the second para and how they all relate to each other and purpose of the lines and still think it is inconsistent
To be clear,
Elite097, are you saying that you'd still pick (E) had you only read the part that I suggested?
Regarding being unclear on the details of the second para: why do you wish to have clarity? If it's for GMAT purposes, I suggest that you get comfortable with a lack of clarity on the details. If it's for your general life reading skills, I suggest that you dissect answer choice (E) as follows:
Quote:
discuss a discovery and point out its inconsistency with existing theory
1. What is the discovery being discussed?
2. What is the existing theory?
3. In what way, specifically, are the discovery and the existing theory inconsistent?
4. Where, or how, can we tell that pointing out the inconsistency was the author's primary purpose?
I could provide you with a full analysis of the second paragraph, line by line,
Elite097, but that wouldn't help you at all, beyond this particular passage.