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by Sher1 » Mon Jul 20, 2009 8:14 am
Any serious policy discussion about acceptable levels of risk in connection with explosions is not well served if the participants fail to use the word "explosion" and use the phrase "energetic disassembly" instead. In fact, the word "explosion" elicits desirable reactions, such as a heightened level of attention, whereas the substitute phrase does not. Therefore, of the two terms, "explosion" is the one that should be used throughout discussions of this sort.
Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument above depends?
(A) In the kind of discussion at issue, the advantages of desirable reactions to the term "explosion" outweigh the drawbacks, if any, arising from undesirable reactions to that term.
(B) The phrase "energetic disassembly" has not so far been used as a substitute for the word "explosion" in the kind of discussion at issue.
(C) In any serious policy discussion, what is said by the participants is more important than how it is put into words.
(D) The only reason that people would have for using "energetic disassembly" in place of "explosion" is to render impossible any serious policy discussion concerning explosions.
(E) The phrase "energetic disassembly" is not necessarily out of place in describing
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by raghavsarathy » Mon Jul 20, 2009 8:57 am
IMO - A

B - It doesn't mater if "energetic disassembly" has been used in this discussion. We are trying to prove that the usage of the word Explosion is imp.

C - Weakens the argument. Says that the choice of words does not matter.

E - Irrelevant..

Stuck between A and D. however will choose A because D speaks about the reasoning used by the people whi use the word "energic disassembly". A seems to be a much stronger statement.
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by shibal » Mon Jul 20, 2009 9:06 am
IMO A
I wouldn't choose D b/c it says 'the only' .... Too much emphasis
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by Sher1 » Mon Jul 20, 2009 9:14 am
OA A
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by khanshainur » Sun May 15, 2016 11:25 pm
Answer A seems to be logical one out of other answer choices
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