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waseem31
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14 Feb 2022, 09:37
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So this is how I approached the question
Conclusion: silence about results —> will slow development of bio science and engineering
Weakener: silence about results will NOT slow development of bio science and engineering
But answer D doesn’t attack the conclusion in the way I predicted. Answer D says they will not maintain silence. This in turn might fasten development of bio science and engineering. ( NO silence —> faster development). How is my weakener prediction not matching up with the answer choice D? Is there anything I’m missing?
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So this is how I approached the question
Conclusion: silence about results —> will slow development of bio science and engineering
Weakener: silence about results will NOT slow development of bio science and engineering
But answer D doesn’t attack the conclusion in the way I predicted. Answer D says they will not maintain silence. This in turn might fasten development of bio science and engineering. ( NO silence —> faster development). How is my weakener prediction not matching up with the answer choice D? Is there anything I’m missing?
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14 Feb 2022, 21:58
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Note the question stem again:
Which of the following, if true, would tend to weaken most seriously the prediction of scientific secrecy described above?
What is the prediction of scientific secrecy?
Silence will be imposed which will slow the development of science and engineering.
Note that we are not given that silence is imposed. We are given that it was feared that silence would be imposed and that in turn will slow down development.
Option (D) says that silence is not imposed. Employees are encouraged to publish their results. So (D) weakens the prediction about silence.
11 Jun 2022, 22:43
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D weakens the prediction of secrecy by establishing that biotechnology companies have a strong motive to
encourage their researchers to publicize results. Therefore, it is the best answer. A and B support the argument
that developments in biological science and engineering would be slowed if the prediction of secrecy were
fulfilled, but do not provide any reason to expect that the prediction will not be fulfilled. The distortion of the
research agenda asserted in C is not relevant to the question of scientific secrecy. E, which says that
biotechnology companies devote some resources to fundamental problems without immediate practical benefits,
is merely consistent with that argument and so does not weaken the prediction.
D weakens the prediction of secrecy by establishing that biotechnology companies have a strong motive to
encourage their researchers to publicize results. Therefore, it is the best answer. A and B support the argument
that developments in biological science and engineering would be slowed if the prediction of secrecy were
fulfilled, but do not provide any reason to expect that the prediction will not be fulfilled. The distortion of the
research agenda asserted in C is not relevant to the question of scientific secrecy. E, which says that
biotechnology companies devote some resources to fundamental problems without immediate practical benefits,
is merely consistent with that argument and so does not weaken the prediction.
