24题 This question asks us to weaken the argument. Recall: To weaken an argument, we typically must attack a premise—either expressed or suppressed—of the argument. Now the underlying premise of any controlled experiment is that there are no outside variables affecting its outcome. Two variables that come immediately to mind are 1) there may be another source for the helium-4, and 2) helium-4 may be naturally occurring in air. Now if the amount of helium-4 in the air after the experiment is the same as before the experiment, then clearly the researchers’ claim would be spurious. Hence the answer is (C).