Cats spend much of their time sleeping;

Answer choices

1. A

   Explains the Background7% picked this

   Cats have a greater physiological need for sleep than

   This is explaining why cats sleep all the time, but we're trying to explain how it is that they have awesome muscles.

   7%
2. B

   Restates Paradox, Doesn't Explain4% picked this

   Many other animals also spend much of their time sleeping yet have a

   This tells us that other animals have this mysterious combo of sleeping all the time and yet still being muscular. But HOW? We still don't have a way to explain how these sleepy animals have such well developed muscles.

   4%
3. C

   Unrelated to Goal1% picked this

   Cats are able to sleep in apparently

   This gives more detail about their sleeping, but this says nothing about what we care about: how do cats get their awesome muscles?

   1%
4. D

   Correct84% picked this

   Cats derive ample exercise from frequent

   Why this is right

   We know that having muscles like cats have usually requires strenuous exercise. And we know that cats wake up to yawn and stretch. This answer says that "Stretching counts as exercise". So cats' muscles are no longer a mystery. They ARE getting ample exercise, which is why they can have such well developed muscles. They're just getting it via stretching (rather than via running around).

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

   84%
5. E

   Unrelated to Goal3% picked this

   Cats require strength and agility in order to be

   This gives a reason why cats would WANT to have strong and agile muscles. But it doesn't give us a way to explain HOW these sleepy creatures are developing strong/agile muscles, given that they spend much of their time sleeping.

   3%