Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT105 S4 Q13 Explanation

Television allows us to transmit

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Stimulus

Television allows us to transmit images of ourselves that propagate into space. The earliest of these transmissions have by now reached all of our neighboring star systems. None of these transmissions, so far as we know, has been recognized; we have yet to receive any messages of no extraterrestrial intelligence in any of our neighboring star systems.

What this question is testing

Flaw

Your task

Describe the reasoning error the argument actually commits.

Common trap

Answers that name a real logical flaw the argument doesn't actually make.

Winning move

Articulate the gap in the reasoning yourself, then match it to the choice that describes that gap.

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The question
13.

The reasoning in the argument is questionable because

Answer choices

  1. Trap1% picked this

    fails to provide an adequate definition of the

  2. Correct97% picked this

    infers that there is no extraterrestrial intelligence in neighboring star systems from the lack of

    Why this is right

    Answer B is correct.

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

  3. Trap1% picked this

    assigns too little importance to the possibility that there is extraterrestrial intelligence beyond our

  4. Trap0% picked this

    neglects to mention that some governments have sent meticulously prepared messages and

  5. Trap1% picked this

    overlooks the immense probability that most star systems

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