Almost all microbe species live

Answer choices

1. A

   Unrelated to Goal5% picked this

   It is currently impossible for microbiologists to reproduce the complex systems of chemical signals with which microbe communities regulate the population

   If it doesn't say "lack complete knowledge", it's not really useful to us, since our job here is to derive the idea that microbiologists lack complete knowledge of most microbe species.

   5%
2. B

   Unrelated to Goal8% picked this

   If it is currently impossible to reproduce the environmental supports and chemical signals in dense, interdependent communities of microbe species, then it is also

   If it doesn't say "lack complete knowledge", it's not really useful to us, since our job here is to derive the idea that microbiologists lack complete knowledge of most microbe species.

   8%
3. C

   Correct79% picked this

   No microbiologist can have complete knowledge of any species of organism unless that microbiologist can cultivate

   Why this is right

   This sounds a lot like our prediction: If a microbiologist can't cultivate a species in isolation, then a microbiologist can't have complete knowledge of a species. We know that most microbe species can't be cultivated in isolation, so this rule allows us to derive that microbiologists lack complete knowledge of most microbe species.

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

   79%
4. D

   Too Weak4% picked this

   At least some microbiologists lack complete knowledge of any microbe species that live together in

   We know that most microbe species live together in dense, interdependent communities, so this answer allows us to derive that "at least some microbiologists lack complete knowledge of most microbe species". But the conclusion is that all microbiologists lack complete knowledge, so this doesn't quite get us there.

   4%
5. E

   Unrelated to Goal4% picked this

   No microbe species that normally lives together with other microbe species in dense, interdependent communities can survive

   If it doesn't say "lack complete knowledge", it's not really useful to us, since our job here is to derive the idea that microbiologists lack complete knowledge of most microbe species.

   4%