Essayist: Wisdom and intelligence

Answer choices

1. A

   Compatible3% picked this

   Most people are neither intelligent or

   We don't have any quantifiers that would contradict this most claim. We know that some people exist who are intelligent but not wise, and some people exist who are wise but not intelligent. The author apparently mostly knows people who are one of those qualities, but his experience doesn't need to be representative of the world, so it's highly possible that most people lack both qualities.

   3%
2. B

   Compatible40% picked this

   Most people are both intelligent and

   The essayist just said that in his experience, none of the people he's met have been both. But he wasn't speaking for all the people in the world, so it's still possible that most people are is both.

   40%
3. C

   Compatible10% picked this

   No one is both wise and

   To contradict this answer, we would need to find in the paragraph the idea that "there is at least one person who is both". But we were never told of anyone who had both qualities.

   10%
4. D

   Correct42% picked this

   No one is either wise or

   Why this is right

   To contradict this, we need an example of someone who is wise or someone who is intelligent. The last sentence says that the people the essayist has met have one or the other of these qualities. So we know that there are at least some wise people and some intelligent people. Thus, we've contradicted the idea that "nobody in the universe is wise, and nobody is intelligent". When we use a negative on an "or", we're saying not this "and" not that. What's the difference between saying "no one at my school is rich or famous" vs. "no one at my school is rich and famous" The 2nd one is saying you might find rich kids, or you might find famous kids, but you won't find any kids at my school that are both rich and famous. The 1st one is saying you won't find either. You won't find rich kids, and you won't find famous kids."

   Skill tested: Must be False · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

   42%
5. E

   Compatible5% picked this

   Many people are intelligent and yet

   This seems very compatible, since we were told that "being intelligent does not imply that one is wise", which essentially is saying there are people who are intelligent but lack wisdom.

   5%