Early in this century, Alfred Wegener developed the concept of contine

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Early in this century, Alfred Wegener developed the concept of continental drift. His ideas were rejected vehemently because he postulated no identifiable force strong enough to make the continents move. We have come to accept Wegener’s theory, not because we have pinpointed such a force, but because new instruments have finally allowed continental movement to be confirmed by observation.

The passage best illustrates which one of the following statements about science?

(A) The aim of science is to define the manifold of nature within the terms of a single harmonious theory.

(B) In a accepting a mathematical description of nature, science has become far more accurate at identifying underlying forces.

(C) The paradox of science is that every improvement in its measuring instruments seems to make adequate theories harder to work out.

(D) Science, employing statistics and the laws of probability, is concerned not with the single event but with mass behavior.

(E) When the events a theory postulates are detected, the theory is accepted even without an explanation of how those events are brought about.

guptarahul · Answer

(A) The aim of science is to define the manifold of nature within the terms of a single harmonious theory.
(B) In a accepting a mathematical description of nature, science has become far more accurate at identifying underlying forces.
(C) The paradox of science is that every improvement in its measuring instruments seems to make adequate theories harder to work out.
(D) Science, employing statistics and the laws of probability, is concerned not with the single event but with mass behavior.
 (E) When the events a theory postulates are detected, the theory is accepted even without an explanation of how those events are brought about.

OA IS B

lostin · Answer

Stem Summary - Alfred Wegener provided a theory about continental drift but he couldn't explain the driving forces.
New instruments have confirmed continental drift based on observation data and we have accepted the theory based on these observations.

Options - 
(A) The aim of science is to define the manifold of nature within the terms of a single harmonious theory.
  No mention of single harmonious theory - Out of scope 
(B) In a accepting a mathematical description of nature, science has become far more accurate at identifying underlying forces.
  Generalized statement - Based on one finding can't say science has become more accurate. 
(C) The paradox of science is that every improvement in its measuring instruments seems to make adequate theories harder to work out.
   Though improvement in measuring instruments may provide additional findings as per stem but no mention that these improvements hinder adequate theories. 
(D) Science, employing statistics and the laws of probability, is concerned not with the single event but with mass behavior.
  No mention of statistics and the laws of probability in stems. Just mention of measuring instruments. 
(E) When the events a theory postulates are detected, the theory is accepted even without an explanation of how those events are brought about.
  Correct Answer - most relevant to the stem. Alfred Wegeners' theory is accepted even though the continental drift forces are yet to be defined. All we have found is- some observations supporting his theory.

Nightmare007 · Answer

E is best.
The passage says that first we did not accept the theory because there was no evidence of the force required to prove that theory.
however, we accepted based on the observation. Implying observation is enough to accept a science theory.

E says that Theory is accepted even without knowing what is the force or how those events are brought about in the theory. I.e. mere observation is suffice.

800 is the sky, sky is my limit.

AkshdeepS · Answer

The passage best illustrates which one of the following statements about science?

(A) The aim of science is to define the manifold of nature within the  terms of a single harmonious theory.

(B) In a accepting a  mathematical description of nature,  science has become far more accurate at identifying underlying forces.

(C) The paradox of science is that every  improvement in its measuring instruments  seems to make adequate theories harder to work out.

(D) Science,  employing statistics and the laws of probability,  is concerned not with the single event but with mass behavior.

(E) When the events a theory postulates are detected, the theory is accepted even without an explanation of how those events are brought about.

Correct answer is E, which picks the right essence of the passage.

In other answer choices A, B, C, and D, the information given is out of scope (highlighted in red).

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