PrepTest 30, Section 2, Question 20
Scientist: Some critics of public funding for this research project have maintained that only if it can be indicated how the public will benefit from the project is continued public funding for it justified. If the critics were right about this, then there would not be the tremendous public support for the project that even its critics acknowledge.
Scientist: Some critics of public funding for this research project have maintained that only if it can be indicated how the public will benefit from the project is continued public funding for it justified. If the critics were right about this, then there would not be the tremendous public support for the project that even its critics acknowledge.
Scientist: Some critics of public funding for this research project have maintained that only if it can be indicated how the public will benefit from the project is continued public funding for it justified. If the critics were right about this, then there would not be the tremendous public support for the project that even its critics acknowledge.
Scientist: Some critics of public funding for this research project have maintained that only if it can be indicated how the public will benefit from the project is continued public funding for it justified. If the critics were right about this, then there would not be the tremendous public support for the project that even its critics acknowledge.
If the scientist's claims are true, which one of the following must also be true?
The benefits derived from the research project are irrelevant to whether or not its funding is justified.
Continued public funding for the research project is justified.
Public support for the research project is the surest indication of whether or not it is justified.
There is tremendous public support for the research project because it can be indicated how the public will benefit from the project.
That a public benefit can be indicated is not a requirement for the justification of the research project's continued public funding.
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