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Please modify the Statements in the Argument until Premise 2 provides a sufficient assumption to the Argument instead, while Premise 1 fails to provides a sufficient assumption to the Argument. Note that no additional statement should be added.\u003Cbr>Argument: Statement1: After the second world war, the charter of the newly formed united nations established an eleven-member security council and charged it with taking collective action in response to threats to world peace. Statement2: The charter further provided that the five nations that were then the major powers would permanently have sole authority to cast vetoes. Statement3: The reason given for this arrangement was that the burden of maintaining world peace would rest on the world's major powers, and no nation should be required to assume the burden of enforcing a decision it found repugnant.\u003Cbr>Premise1: No nation that was not among the major powers at the end of the second world war would become a major power.\u003Cbr>Premise2: Decisions reached by a majority of nations in response to threats to world peace would be biased in favor of one or more major powers.\u003Cbr>Please write the modified argument below: |\n\n\n| Output: |\n| --- |\n| Argument: Statement1: After the second world war, the charter of the newly formed united nations established an eleven-member security council and charged it with taking collective action in response to threats to world peace. Statement2: The charter further provided that the five nations that were then the major powers would permanently have sole authority to cast vetoes. Statement3: The reason given for this arrangement was that the decisions reached by a majority of nations could be biased in favor of one or more major powers, thus ensuring their support in enforcing these decisions. |\n\n| R State 1 |  |  |  |  | State 2 |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Necessary Argument: Statement1: Journalist: the advice of social scientists is |  |  |  |  | Argument′ : Statement 1: Journalist: the advice of social scientists is |  |  |  |  |\n| Assumption frequently overlooked by politicians making social policy. Statement |  |  |  |  | frequently overlooked by politicians making social policy. Statement |  |  |  |  |\n| (38.5%) 2: Because it is not unreasonable to discount scientific assertions backed by weak ev dence, politicians should not generally be criticized for ignoring social science, for social scientists, unlike |  |  |  |  | 2: Because it is not unreasonable to discount scientific assertions\u003Cbr>,\u003Cbr>politicians should not generally be criticized for ignoring social science unless social scientists agree on the same claim, for social |  |  |  |  |\n| physical scientists, seldom agree on the claims made even within |  |  |  |  | scientists, unlike physical scientists, seldom agree on the claims |  |  |  |  |\n| their own specialty. |  |  |  |  | made even within their own specialty. |  |  |  |  |\n| Premise1: The failure of scientists to agree that a claim within their |  |  |  |  | Premise2: Politicians should follow the advice of experts on issues |  |  |  |  |\n| specialty is true can indicate that the evidence for the claim is not\u003Cbr>strong. |  |  |  |  | about which those experts agree among themselves. |  |  |  |  |\n| Sufficient Argument: Statement 1: Caffeinecan kill or inhibit the growth of |  |  |  |  | Argument′ : Statement 1: Caffeine produced for plant species’ own |  |  |  |  |\n| Assumption the larvae of several species of insects. Statement 2: One recent |  |  |  |  | defense can kill or inhibit the growth of the larvae of several species |  |  |  |  |\n| (6.6%) experiment showed that tobacco hornworm larvae die when they |  |  |  |  | of insects. Statement 2: One recent experiment showed that tobacco |  |  |  |  |\n| ingest a preparation that consists, ","cbCaigB9vHjF4Vea","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaigB9vHjF4Vea","pdf",753446,23,"English","# Argument Modification\n## Premise Sufficiency Swap\n## No New Statements Rule\n## Necessary, Sufficient, and Strengthen Tasks","[{\"question\":\"What is the core goal of the exercise?\",\"answer\":\"Modify the existing Argument statements so that Premise 2 becomes sufficient, while Premise 1 no longer is sufficient for the Argument.\"},{\"question\":\"Are you allowed to add new statements during modification?\",\"answer\":\"No. The instructions require using only the provided statements without adding anything new.\"},{\"question\":\"How do the examples like “Necessary Argument” or “Strengthen Argument” relate to the main task?\",\"answer\":\"They demonstrate different logic roles for premises—showing when a premise is necessary, sufficient, or when an additional idea strengthens the conclusion.\"}]","Argument Modification Practice - US Sec/Assumption Reasoning | PDF",58]