Klein: The fact that

Answer choices

1. A

   Both Agree6% picked this

   Scientists have found only one-tenth of the matter that Einstein's

   We know Klein agrees with this. And Brown implicitly agrees with this, because she is saying that this "missing matter" should prompt a different response than that offered by Klein.

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2. B

   Unsupported Disagree Position4% picked this

   Einstein's theory has achieved many

   We can tell that Brown would agree to this. Can we derive from Klein's statements the disagree position, "Einstein's theory has not achieved many successes"? No, Klein never talks about whether or not Einstein's theory has had many successes. The fact that Klein is ready to abandon Einstein's theory does not indicate that Klein doesn't think the theory has achieved many successes. In real life, physicists essentially abandoned Newton's theory in favor of Einstein's, despite the many successes that Newton's theory had had.

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3. C

   Unsupported Disagree Position5% picked this

   It is possible to determine the amount of matter in our galaxy without relying

   The disagree position here would be extreme: it is impossible to determine the amount of matter in our galaxy without relying on Einstein's theory. We can't derive that from either person's claims.

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4. D

   Correct80% picked this

   The failure to find all of the matter predicted by Einstein's theory should lead us

   Why this is right

   This is what we predicted. Klein says that the failure to find all the predicted matter (the fact that we have only found 1/10 of what Einstein predicted) should lead us to abandon his theory ("gives us good reason for abandoning his view"). Brown disagrees, saying, "No let's not abandon his view. Let's assume his view is still correct (given how successful it's been), and instead try to figure out why we haven't found most of the predicted matter".

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

   80%
5. E

   Unsupported Disagree Position5% picked this

   Scientists are able to accurately judge the amount of matter that has been found

   The disagree position here is pretty strong: Scientists are unable to accurately judge the amount of matter that has been found in our galaxy. The agree position is also not really derivable from either paragraph: They are able to accurately judge the amount of matter that has been found. Note, that we're not talking about judging how much matter is actually in our galaxy. We're talking about accurately judging how much matter we've found. If Einstein predicted 100 trillion gigatons of matter and we've only found 10 trillion gigatons of matter, this answer is saying, "Can scientists accurately judge that they've only found 10 trillion gigatons?" No one was fighting over whether scientists are correctly / incorrectly tallying up the matter that they've found. Klein is assuming that there isn't tons more matter to be found, which suggests Einstein's theory is wrong. Brown is assuming that Einstein's theory is correct, and so there must be tons more matter to be found. But they could both be having this argument while agreeing that scientists have currently only found 10 trillion gigatons (i.e. scientists have accurately judged how much matter they've found).

   5%