#21 - Weaken

[Albertlyu]

thank you, Adam!

[blaisebayno]

I agree with everyone who thinks this answer is absurd given the fact that we are asked to look ONLY at the first paragraph of passage B, not elsewhere in the passage. Because of this and that the paragraph does not mention money in any way, I did not choose what is supposedly the correct answer.

[Adam Tyson]

Weaken answers can and usually do bring up new information, blaisebayno. Anything that challenges the notion that patents impede innovation will do the job, even if it brings up some totally new idea. My prephrase was very broad - "what if patents actually encourage innovation, or else have no impact on it?" Answer D is a fantastic answer looked at in that light! It suggests (by negative inference) that patents might be driving up the financial incentive to innovate. Put another way, patents lead to more money, and that sure sounds like an incentive to me!