feifei-73

isitok2006

73. There is no reason why the work of scientists has to be officially confirmed before being published. There is a system in place for the confirmation or disconfirmation of scientific findings, namely, the replication of results by other scientists. Poor scientific work on the part of any one scientists, which can include anything from careless reporting practices to fraud, is not harmful. It will be exposed and rendered harmless when other scientists conduct experiments and obtain disconfirmatory results.

Which one of the following, if true, would weaken the argument?

(A) Scientific experiments can go unchallenged for many years before they are replicated.

(B) Most scientists work in universities, where their work is submitted to peer review before publication.

(C) Most scientists are under pressure to make their work accessible to the scrutiny of replication.

(D) In scientific experiments, careless reporting is more common than fraud.

(E) Most scientists work as part of a team rather than alone.

为什么选a，不解

vendetta

段落作者的推理是：不经confirmed的scientific work即使有错误，我们也应以也发布的形式接受它，理由是它发布后总会有其他的科学家发现其中的错误。
A项即是一个不应发布错误work的理由，利用了推理所依据的隐含假设。其他都是无关选项。