Professor Aris: We should temporarily suspend the use of ground-penetrating radar at the Highland Valley burial site until the new, non-invasive imaging algorithms are fully calibrated next year. If we proceed now with our current, outdated technology, the resulting data could be misinterpreted, potentially leading to unnecessary excavation that irrevocably damages the fragile topsoil structure.
Dr. Vance: Your suggestion that we completely abandon technological assistance in archaeological surveys is absurd. Without any modern imaging tools, our field would regress to the nineteenth century, relying solely on random digging and guesswork, which would ultimately destroy far more historical sites than it preserves.
Which one of the following most accurately describes a flaw in Dr. Vance's reasoning?
- It distorts the opposing position by treating a recommendation for a specific, temporary delay as a demand for a total abandonment of modern tools.Answer
- BIt fails to address the core issue of whether the current imaging algorithms are likely to produce misinterpreted data.
- CIt relies on an ambiguous use of the term 'technology' to draw a conclusion about the history of archaeological methods.
- DIt takes for granted that because some technological tools prevent damage, most archaeological surveys cannot succeed without modern imaging.
- EIt presumes, without providing justification, that alternative non-invasive methods cannot be utilized while awaiting the new algorithms.