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It was after tripping on hallucinogenic mushrooms that Christian Angermayer realised he had a personal mission to help the human race improve itself. Having passed through the 'gateway to God' opened by psychedelic drugs, the German tech billionaire wanted to usher the rest of humanity in the same direction. Nowadays his investment fund not only champions the use of such drugs as a treatment for mental-health problems, but is also 'pushing the boundaries for human enhancement overall', meaning treatments to make people stronger, smarter and longer-lived. He has also donated to a $101m prize-pot for scientific breakthroughs that slow ageing and is helping to found a competition called the Enhanced Games, in which athletes can earn $1m for breaking world records using the sorts of doping that would normally disqualify them.


Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen Angermayer's justification for allowing doping in the Enhanced Games?

A) Research shows psychedelic drug therapy significantly reduces performance anxiety.
B) Most sports regulators consider allowing doping only for scientific research, not record-breaking competitions.
C) Medical breakthroughs developed through such contests later benefited non-athletes.
D) Multiple athletes declined participation due to moral concerns.
E) Angermayer invested in a startup that bypasses the negative side effects of performance-enhancing drugs through genetic engineering.

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A) Irrelevant: Focuses on psychedelics rather than the core controversy around doping in the Enhanced Games.
B) Weakens the argument: Suggests regulators endorse doping exclusively for research, not competitions like the Games, which undermines the initiative's legitimacy and diverts from its human enhancement purpose.
C) Correct: Demonstrates that doping-enabled competitions yield broader benefits for human enhancement—advancing Angermayer's mission of improving humanity—by providing new evidence that non-athletes gain from resulting breakthroughs.
D) Weakens: Highlights moral objections, which contravenes the initiative's viability and acceptance.
E) Irrelevant: While related to human enhancement, this investment offers an alternative solution to doping's drawbacks rather than supporting the justification for allowing doping in the Games.

Overall Explanation: Angermayer justifies doping in the Enhanced Games as advancing human enhancement. Option C strengthens this by showing the contests produce medical breakthroughs benefiting the general population, directly supporting the mission. A is off-topic; B weakens by restricting doping to unrelated contexts; D undermines acceptance; E provides irrelevant alternatives. Correct answer confirms a key assumption per GMAT Strengthen principles.

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But, what's with the word ''Non Athletes'' in the option C?
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It was after tripping on hallucinogenic mushrooms that Christian Angermayer realised he had a personal mission to help the human race improve itself. Having passed through the 'gateway to God' opened by psychedelic drugs, the German tech billionaire wanted to usher the rest of humanity in the same direction. Nowadays his investment fund not only champions the use of such drugs as a treatment for mental-health problems, but is also 'pushing the boundaries for human enhancement overall', meaning treatments to make people stronger, smarter and longer-lived. He has also donated to a $101m prize-pot for scientific breakthroughs that slow ageing and is helping to found a competition called the Enhanced Games, in which athletes can earn $1m for breaking world records using the sorts of doping that would normally disqualify them.


Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen Angermayer's justification for allowing doping in the Enhanced Games?

A) Research shows psychedelic drug therapy significantly reduces performance anxiety.
B) Most sports regulators consider allowing doping only for scientific research, not record-breaking competitions.
C) Medical breakthroughs developed through such contests later benefited non-athletes.
D) Multiple athletes declined participation due to moral concerns.
E) Angermayer invested in a startup that bypasses the negative side effects of performance-enhancing drugs through genetic engineering.

Show SpoilerHints
Focus specifically on how his mission to 'help the human race improve itself' connects to the Enhanced Games scenario.

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A) Irrelevant: Focuses on psychedelics rather than the core controversy around doping in the Enhanced Games.
B) Weakens the argument: Suggests regulators endorse doping exclusively for research, not competitions like the Games, which undermines the initiative's legitimacy and diverts from its human enhancement purpose.
C) Correct: Demonstrates that doping-enabled competitions yield broader benefits for human enhancement—advancing Angermayer's mission of improving humanity—by providing new evidence that non-athletes gain from resulting breakthroughs.
D) Weakens: Highlights moral objections, which contravenes the initiative's viability and acceptance.
E) Irrelevant: While related to human enhancement, this investment offers an alternative solution to doping's drawbacks rather than supporting the justification for allowing doping in the Games.

Overall Explanation: Angermayer justifies doping in the Enhanced Games as advancing human enhancement. Option C strengthens this by showing the contests produce medical breakthroughs benefiting the general population, directly supporting the mission. A is off-topic; B weakens by restricting doping to unrelated contexts; D undermines acceptance; E provides irrelevant alternatives. Correct answer confirms a key assumption per GMAT Strengthen principles.
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What's the source of this question? can you please share the OA?
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It was after tripping on hallucinogenic mushrooms that Christian Angermayer realised he had a personal mission to help the human race improve itself. Having passed through the 'gateway to God' opened by psychedelic drugs, the German tech billionaire wanted to usher the rest of humanity in the same direction. Nowadays his investment fund not only champions the use of such drugs as a treatment for mental-health problems, but is also 'pushing the boundaries for human enhancement overall', meaning treatments to make people stronger, smarter and longer-lived. He has also donated to a $101m prize-pot for scientific breakthroughs that slow ageing and is helping to found a competition called the Enhanced Games, in which athletes can earn $1m for breaking world records using the sorts of doping that would normally disqualify them.


Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen Angermayer's justification for allowing doping in the Enhanced Games?

A) Research shows psychedelic drug therapy significantly reduces performance anxiety.
B) Most sports regulators consider allowing doping only for scientific research, not record-breaking competitions.
C) Medical breakthroughs developed through such contests later benefited non-athletes.
D) Multiple athletes declined participation due to moral concerns.
E) Angermayer invested in a startup that bypasses the negative side effects of performance-enhancing drugs through genetic engineering.

Show SpoilerHints
Focus specifically on how his mission to 'help the human race improve itself' connects to the Enhanced Games scenario.

Show SpoilerExplanations
A) Irrelevant: Focuses on psychedelics rather than the core controversy around doping in the Enhanced Games.
B) Weakens the argument: Suggests regulators endorse doping exclusively for research, not competitions like the Games, which undermines the initiative's legitimacy and diverts from its human enhancement purpose.
C) Correct: Demonstrates that doping-enabled competitions yield broader benefits for human enhancement—advancing Angermayer's mission of improving humanity—by providing new evidence that non-athletes gain from resulting breakthroughs.
D) Weakens: Highlights moral objections, which contravenes the initiative's viability and acceptance.
E) Irrelevant: While related to human enhancement, this investment offers an alternative solution to doping's drawbacks rather than supporting the justification for allowing doping in the Games.

Overall Explanation: Angermayer justifies doping in the Enhanced Games as advancing human enhancement. Option C strengthens this by showing the contests produce medical breakthroughs benefiting the general population, directly supporting the mission. A is off-topic; B weakens by restricting doping to unrelated contexts; D undermines acceptance; E provides irrelevant alternatives. Correct answer confirms a key assumption per GMAT Strengthen principles.
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OA is C. As for source, these are custom practice questions I've created as part of GMAT prep materials I'm working on.
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What's the source of this question? can you please share the OA?
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It was after tripping on hallucinogenic mushrooms that Christian Angermayer realised he had a personal mission to help the human race improve itself. Having passed through the 'gateway to God' opened by psychedelic drugs, the German tech billionaire wanted to usher the rest of humanity in the same direction. Nowadays his investment fund not only champions the use of such drugs as a treatment for mental-health problems, but is also 'pushing the boundaries for human enhancement overall', meaning treatments to make people stronger, smarter and longer-lived. He has also donated to a $101m prize-pot for scientific breakthroughs that slow ageing and is helping to found a competition called the Enhanced Games, in which athletes can earn $1m for breaking world records using the sorts of doping that would normally disqualify them.


Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen Angermayer's justification for allowing doping in the Enhanced Games?

A) Research shows psychedelic drug therapy significantly reduces performance anxiety.
B) Most sports regulators consider allowing doping only for scientific research, not record-breaking competitions.
C) Medical breakthroughs developed through such contests later benefited non-athletes.
D) Multiple athletes declined participation due to moral concerns.
E) Angermayer invested in a startup that bypasses the negative side effects of performance-enhancing drugs through genetic engineering.

Show SpoilerHints
Focus specifically on how his mission to 'help the human race improve itself' connects to the Enhanced Games scenario.

Show SpoilerExplanations
A) Irrelevant: Focuses on psychedelics rather than the core controversy around doping in the Enhanced Games.
B) Weakens the argument: Suggests regulators endorse doping exclusively for research, not competitions like the Games, which undermines the initiative's legitimacy and diverts from its human enhancement purpose.
C) Correct: Demonstrates that doping-enabled competitions yield broader benefits for human enhancement—advancing Angermayer's mission of improving humanity—by providing new evidence that non-athletes gain from resulting breakthroughs.
D) Weakens: Highlights moral objections, which contravenes the initiative's viability and acceptance.
E) Irrelevant: While related to human enhancement, this investment offers an alternative solution to doping's drawbacks rather than supporting the justification for allowing doping in the Games.

Overall Explanation: Angermayer justifies doping in the Enhanced Games as advancing human enhancement. Option C strengthens this by showing the contests produce medical breakthroughs benefiting the general population, directly supporting the mission. A is off-topic; B weakens by restricting doping to unrelated contexts; D undermines acceptance; E provides irrelevant alternatives. Correct answer confirms a key assumption per GMAT Strengthen principles.
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To put this in short:

but is also 'pushing the boundaries for human enhancement overall

Investment made by keeping the above in mind would mean that all such practices are supported. For which the Enhanced Games is one of those practices.

The idea is:
Since Enhanced Games allow doping, the competition would lead to a competitive development of drugs leading to even more R&D in order to win the competition.

This would result in drugs that are actually useful (apart from competition) to be given to non athletes.

Answer is C

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