Can you explain further why the conclusion is, "Research efforts now are justified if there is even a chance of making another planet inhabitable"? I thought the conclusion was the first sentence.
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Me too. I love how there's no answers at all from an instructor in almost a year!
Emil-KunkinFebruary 24, 2024
This is the conclusion because it's the thing the entire argument was structured to prove. If the other premise are true, they would indicate that research efforts are indeed justified. Let's try the therefore test.
If we say that "research efforts are justified, therefore human tech can change the climate of mars" this doesn't make any sense. How does the fact that something is justified support the massive empirical claim that we can change mars' climate?
However, if we say that "we can change the climate, therefore research is justified" this makes perfect sense. If we are able to do the hard work, that justifies investment into the topic.
