- Mon Jan 02, 2017 9:50 pm
#31713
Hello Everyone,
In recently going over PT A from the Superprep book, I'm very confused on two answer choices from question 20 (orchid species). I originally picked D, the correct answer. But looking back, choice B seems almost as good. Even the Superprep books seems to acknowledge B as a possible choice in their explanation of why D is right. Anyway, here's my reasoning:
The author basically makes a mistaken reversal. The author thinks that just because species of orchids pollinated solely by insects must have features that attract insects, a related orchid species that has features that attract insects must be an orchid species pollinated solely by insects.
Choice B seems to be an accurate description of the flaw in that if the author incorrectly assumed that the only distinguishing feature between orchid species is features that attract insects, the author is able to make the incorrect conclusion that the features alone are sufficient to know a species is pollinated solely by insects. In other words, if the author incorrectly thought the only difference between orchid species was the features that attract insects, he could conclude (albeit incorrectly) that if the orchid species had those features, it must be pollinated solely by insects. He does make this conclusion. Right?
Thanks for any thoughts / help!
In recently going over PT A from the Superprep book, I'm very confused on two answer choices from question 20 (orchid species). I originally picked D, the correct answer. But looking back, choice B seems almost as good. Even the Superprep books seems to acknowledge B as a possible choice in their explanation of why D is right. Anyway, here's my reasoning:
The author basically makes a mistaken reversal. The author thinks that just because species of orchids pollinated solely by insects must have features that attract insects, a related orchid species that has features that attract insects must be an orchid species pollinated solely by insects.
Choice B seems to be an accurate description of the flaw in that if the author incorrectly assumed that the only distinguishing feature between orchid species is features that attract insects, the author is able to make the incorrect conclusion that the features alone are sufficient to know a species is pollinated solely by insects. In other words, if the author incorrectly thought the only difference between orchid species was the features that attract insects, he could conclude (albeit incorrectly) that if the orchid species had those features, it must be pollinated solely by insects. He does make this conclusion. Right?
Thanks for any thoughts / help!