Logical Reasoning

PT130 · S1 · Q15 Almost all advances

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Almost all advances in genetic research give rise to ethical dilemmas.

Facts

Causal Almost all advances in genetic research give rise to ethical dilemmas.

Binary Funding for genetic research comes either entirely from the government or entirely by corporations (most from the govt).

Conditional Genetic Research → Govt Funding or Corp Funding

Evaluate

There's no obvious direction this is heading. We have overlapping ideas like "genetic research" / "govt funding" / "corp funding".

The only difference between the second sentence and third sentence seems to be that 2nd sentence is saying , while the 3rd sentence is saying, .

So there's not much we can do to combine those. We have the causal idea in the first sentence that genetic research usually leads to ethical dilemmas, so maybe we could combine that with the 2nd/3rd sentence in order to say, ?

Goal

Find an answer that is provable based on the provided facts.

15.

If all the statements above are true, then which one of the following must be true?

Most advances in genetic research
Unsupported Comparison
The statements do no indicate whether more advances in genetic research occur in projects funded by the government or by corporations.
3% picked this
Most genetic research funded by
Unsupported Relationship
The statements do not indicate the type of funding received by any projects that lead to advances in genetic research.
7% picked this
At least some advances in
Unsupported Relationship
The statements do not indicate the type of funding received by any projects that lead to advances in genetic research.
19% picked this
Correct
No ethical dilemmas resulting from
Why this is right
If we want to look at this as a conditional, it's saying "If there's an ethical dilemma that results from advances in genetic research, then it involved government or corporate funding". That's totally fair. We know that ALL genetic research involves government or corporate funding. It doesn't really matter what noun they put at the front of that sentence. It would be just as provable if it said, "All bananas resulting from advances in genetic research involved government or corporate funding." The fact is, if genetic research was the cause of something, then we know that government or corporate funding was involved because that type of funding is required for genetic research.
Skill tested: Must be True · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.
70% picked this
As long as government continues
Too Strong
The statements indicate that such funding, if it lead to advances in genetic research, would give rise to ethical dilemmas.
2% picked this

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