StrengthenDiff: Hard
Logic Breakdown
Passage Summary: Powerful people like new gadgets because they help them stay in charge, but they hate new moral ideas because those ideas challenge their authority.
Conclusion: People who create new technology benefit from their work, while those who create new ethical ideas suffer for theirs.
Reasoning: Those in power view new technology as a tool to maintain their status, but they view new ethical ideas as a threat to their power.
Analysis: The argument makes a leap from how powerful people perceive ideas to how the creators of those ideas are treated. It assumes that if a powerful person likes an idea, the creator is rewarded, and if they hate it, the creator is punished. To strengthen this, we need to bridge that gap by confirming that the reactions of the powerful dictate the well-being of the innovators. Look for an answer that connects the attitude of the powerful to the tangible benefits or 'pain' received by the inventors.
Conclusion: People who create new technology benefit from their work, while those who create new ethical ideas suffer for theirs.
Reasoning: Those in power view new technology as a tool to maintain their status, but they view new ethical ideas as a threat to their power.
Analysis: The argument makes a leap from how powerful people perceive ideas to how the creators of those ideas are treated. It assumes that if a powerful person likes an idea, the creator is rewarded, and if they hate it, the creator is punished. To strengthen this, we need to bridge that gap by confirming that the reactions of the powerful dictate the well-being of the innovators. Look for an answer that connects the attitude of the powerful to the tangible benefits or 'pain' received by the inventors.
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Unlock Full Passage18.Which one of the following statements, if true, most strengthens the argument?
Correct Answer
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It directly links perception to outcome: the politically powerful reward those they deem useful and punish those they deem a threat. Given the premise about how they see technologies (useful) and new ethical arguments (threatening), this makes it likely that technical ingenuity brings benefits and ethical inventiveness brings pain.
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