A journalist covering professional poker players found

[BTGmoderatorDC]

A journalist covering professional poker players found that these individuals tend to be risk-takers and possess the complementary traits of aggressiveness, confidence, and quick-wittedness. The journalist concluded that the world of professional poker tends to attract those who naturally enjoy taking risks.

If true, which of the following statements would most weaken the journalist's conclusion?

a. Professional poker players develop their risk-loving traits through years of experience playing the game of poker.
b. Professional poker players often display good public speaking skills that stem from their natural self-confidence.
c. Many individuals who are not poker players have taken greater risks than has the average professional poker player.
d. The most successful professional poker players have claimed that skill, rather than luck, is responsible for their success.
e. The professional poker players featured in the journalist's story were not able to successfully apply their betting strategies to similar activities, such as investing.

[deloitte247]

In Option A - CORRECT.
This statement has obviously weaken the journalist conclusion, with his journalistic traits and series of experience with them, he has been able to categorically draw his conclusion to the fact that, the more you dedicate your time in doing what you love doing over the years, then, as a professional poker player developing risk-loving traits will not be an issue.

In Option B - INCORRECT.
Becoming a professional poker player does not make you a good public speaker, but rather it can build your natural-self confidence in achieving your goal as becoming a professional and a legend in the game of poker.

In Option C - INCORRECT.
This statement is right, life is about risk taking, but, it does not correlate with what the speaker has said.

In Option D - INCORRECT.
As a professional risk is needed rather than luck, but in the case of professional pokers skills alone is not all you need.

In Option E - INCORRECT.
This statement has deviated from the speech of the journalist. However, you can't compare Betting to Investing.

[JeffThorsen777]

Very interesting research. Agree with the journalist.