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- Fri Oct 21, 2022 1:24 pm
#97938
sofcu23,
If answer choice (D) isn't necessary, what is? I don't see an argument for any other answer, so whatever hesitation you have for answer choice (D), it's clearly overwhelmed by the lack of any basis for any other answer. This is a common trap to fall into - quibbling over one answer that may not be perfect when every other answer is just awful. The imperfect answer clearly has to be correct!
I don't actually think answer choice (D) is even imperfect, though. How can the cross-pollination keep happening if the wildflower goes extinct? You and Henry seem to be envisioning a constant intervention on the part of humans to cross the wildflower and daisies, but if the wildflower goes extinct, this intervention can't happen at all anymore. There's no "pure" wildflower to use anymore. So if this strategy is going to work at all, the hybrid must itself be able to reproduce at some point.
Robert Carroll
If answer choice (D) isn't necessary, what is? I don't see an argument for any other answer, so whatever hesitation you have for answer choice (D), it's clearly overwhelmed by the lack of any basis for any other answer. This is a common trap to fall into - quibbling over one answer that may not be perfect when every other answer is just awful. The imperfect answer clearly has to be correct!
I don't actually think answer choice (D) is even imperfect, though. How can the cross-pollination keep happening if the wildflower goes extinct? You and Henry seem to be envisioning a constant intervention on the part of humans to cross the wildflower and daisies, but if the wildflower goes extinct, this intervention can't happen at all anymore. There's no "pure" wildflower to use anymore. So if this strategy is going to work at all, the hybrid must itself be able to reproduce at some point.
Robert Carroll