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    Official TSA Weakening Questions (2008-2019)

    Official TSA Weakening Questions (2008-2019)

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    Some of the great sea-mammals, such as the sperm whale, have brains many times larger than ours. It is a fact of evolution that organs do not grow or remain large unless they are used; if they are not used they shrink or even disappear. It must be concluded therefore that the sperm whale makes intelligent use of the vast brain it possesses, perhaps at thought levels well beyond our understanding.

    9. Which of the following would, if true, weaken the argument?
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    The correct answer is C.

    Evolution is discussed – organs do not develop to be large unless they are used

    Because of this the passage describes how whale brains are much larger than humans thus sperm wales have greater intelligence than us

    A and B are irrelevant – Language does not equal intelligence, another thing to consider is that if intelligence is possible without large brains that doesn’t mean that large brains don’t give intelligence

    D and E strengthen the argument – D is saying that large brains are not related to the size of sperm whales by saying large brains are not related to large size of whales which means they could be used for intelligence

    E reinforces that their intelligence could be something we cannot understand

    C is correct answer – if brains may be used for something else then their size doesn’t have to mean they are used for intelligence thus weakening this argument

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