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Break the argument into its conclusion and evidence, then do exactly what the question stem asks with that structure.
Answers that sound relevant to the topic but don't connect to the argument's actual reasoning.
Predict what a right answer must do, then test each choice against the conclusion-evidence gap.
If all of the statements in the passage are true, each of the following must also be true EXCEPT:
A lack of ability to
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No scientific idea is entirely
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Careful analysis of a specific
In the video, I was nervous about saying we know that careful analysis can always reveal the previous themes that a variation was built upon. But it's possible to interpret this answer to simply mean, "Careful analysis can (at least once) reveal previous themes". With that interpretation, we can definitely derive this from the stimulus. The final sentence is saying that "careful analysis" has allowed us to understand that new ideas/discoveries are just variation on a theme. So this answer is just restating that causal connection: Careful analysis >> can lead to >> seeing that something is a variation on a previous theme.
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All great scientific discoverers have
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Some new scientific discoveries do
Why this is right
Answer E is correct.
Skill tested: Must be True · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.
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