Parallel ReasoningDiff: Medium
Logic Breakdown
Passage Summary: To be considered smart, a computer needs to be creative, self-aware, or able to learn. This specific computer isn't creative or self-aware, so if it's actually smart, it must be a learner.
Conclusion: If the AR3000 is intelligent, it must have the ability to learn from its mistakes.
Reasoning: Intelligence requires at least one of three specific traits, and the AR3000 lacks two of them.
Analysis: The structure of this argument is a classic disjunctive syllogism: X requires (A or B or C). We are told that for this specific X, it is not A and not B. Therefore, if it is to be X, it must be C. To find the parallel, look for an answer that establishes a set of three requirements, eliminates two of them, and concludes that the third is mandatory for the category to apply. The logic is valid, so we are looking for a structurally identical valid argument.
Conclusion: If the AR3000 is intelligent, it must have the ability to learn from its mistakes.
Reasoning: Intelligence requires at least one of three specific traits, and the AR3000 lacks two of them.
Analysis: The structure of this argument is a classic disjunctive syllogism: X requires (A or B or C). We are told that for this specific X, it is not A and not B. Therefore, if it is to be X, it must be C. To find the parallel, look for an answer that establishes a set of three requirements, eliminates two of them, and concludes that the third is mandatory for the category to apply. The logic is valid, so we are looking for a structurally identical valid argument.
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Unlock Full Passage23.Which one of the following arguments is most similar in its reasoning to the argument above?
Correct Answer
B
B mirrors the structure: If something is a commonly used vaccine, it’s either dead-virus, attenuated-virus, or pure DNA. Vaccine X is not dead-virus and not attenuated-virus. Therefore, if X is a commonly used vaccine, it must be a pure DNA vaccine. This matches the original’s conditional, three-category form.
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