PrepTest 44, Section 2, Question 25
The first bicycle, the Draisienne, was invented in 1817. A brief fad ensued, after which bicycles practically disappeared until the 1860s. Why was this? New technology is accepted only when it coheres with the values of a society. Hence some change in values must have occurred between 1817 and the 1860s.
The first bicycle, the Draisienne, was invented in 1817. A brief fad ensued, after which bicycles practically disappeared until the 1860s. Why was this? New technology is accepted only when it coheres with the values of a society. Hence some change in values must have occurred between 1817 and the 1860s.
The first bicycle, the Draisienne, was invented in 1817. A brief fad ensued, after which bicycles practically disappeared until the 1860s. Why was this? New technology is accepted only when it coheres with the values of a society. Hence some change in values must have occurred between 1817 and the 1860s.
The first bicycle, the Draisienne, was invented in 1817. A brief fad ensued, after which bicycles practically disappeared until the 1860s. Why was this? New technology is accepted only when it coheres with the values of a society. Hence some change in values must have occurred between 1817 and the 1860s.
The reasoning in the argument is flawed because the argument
presumes, without giving justification, that fads are never indicative of genuine acceptance
fails to recognize that the reappearance of bicycles in the 1860s may have indicated genuine acceptance of them
offers no support for the claim that the Draisienne was the first true bicycle
poses a question that has little relevance to the argument's conclusion
ignores, without giving justification, alternative possible explanations of the initial failure of bicycles
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