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AP English Language and Composition 7.4 Passage Drill. Which of the following statements best summarizes paragraph 3?
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Thank you We sneak in in his your shmoop du
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jour brought to you by truth we hear there's a
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zen master currently trying to find it in one of
- 00:10
the four sacred mountains But first he should probably just
- 00:13
worry about finding his other sandal What was that are
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checking the following passage just long so we're going to
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skim and pretend that we're really focused I mean really
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focus on this Yeah No Okay we're done Which of
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the following statements best summarizes paragraph three and here the
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potential answers All right skeptic that's just okay well let's
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check out this paragraph and see what's up in a
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nutshell The other is saying that when it comes to
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reaching conclusions science sets that common sense standard because science
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needs proved to be considered truth Well first argument in
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this paragraph is that skeptics who relied purely on common
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sense rather than evidence based science are in for a
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rocky road a different kind of rocky road there's no
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mention that common sense is always right In fact sometimes
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common sense is very wrong so toss out seat scientists
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may be smart but they could do some pretty crazy
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stuff in pursuit of knowledge Remember frankenstein Ironically scientists research
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often means engaging in some dangerous activity that would be
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common sense for us common folk to avoid I'll get
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rid of deep skepticism refers to people who only rely
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on what they believe to be common sense rather than
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acknowledging research based science like a friend's questionable decision even
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though there was a ton of evidence to suggest it's
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a bad idea like that And according to the passage
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scientific principle should be used to support making decisions not
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just approve A decision is right which means a and
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beacons to be thrown out leaving us with answer E
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thanks to our tattooed friend here who shows that big
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decisions in life on which men stake their all are
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not to be taken lightly And since scientific principle insures
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that fax air used rather than assumptions they're a better
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bet than just relying on common sense Well scientific principle
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may sound complex but it gets easier the longer you 00:02:37.873 --> [endTime] meditate on it
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