Strengthen with Necessary Premise Questions - - Question 20

Millions of irreplaceable exhibits in natural history museums are currently allowed to decay. Yet without analyses of...

Richmond June 3, 2018

Negate

I just can't see how negating choice D makes the argument fall apart. Saying "if we cannot known at this time what data will be of most use to scientific investigators in the future, then we cannot possibly set aside funds because we do not know which exhibits will be most valuable to science in the future," is like saying, "if I cannot know what career my child wants to pursue in the future, then I cannot contribute to a college fund because I do not know what college my child wants to attend." Well, you can set aside a college fund still in anticipation that you're child's going to college in the future. Just like they could have set aside funds, anticipating that some exhibits will be valuable to science in the future—just like the egg was. That's how I thought about it. Is this analogy too off-point? What am I missing?

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charlierusso04 July 19, 2019

I like this point and want to know why D is the right choice?

davealts November 3, 2019

Because if it's impossible to tell what's going to be important to scientists in the future than the conclusion that funds should be reserved for "the most valuable" research is invalid. Negate or not, answer choice D is the only one that significantly strengthens the argument.