One element of the artistic brilliance of Plato's dialogues is the genuine persuasiveness of the arguments presented by his characters

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.


True

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More physicians choose surgery over an alternative treatment when surgery is described as having a one-month survival rate of 90% than when surgery is described as having a one-month mortality rate of 10%. The reason for this is...

A. Surgery has better long-term outcomes if the patient survives the first month, but a chance of fatal complications in the first month B. The first way of describing the surgery leads them to focus on the people who survive rather than die. C. The surgery described as having a one-month survival rate of 90% has higher expected utility than the surgery described as having a one-month mortality rate of 10% D. The surgery described as having a one-month mortality rate of 10% has higher expected utility than the surgery described as having a one-month survival rate of 90%

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Why did the Zen master Shunryu Suzuki believe that we must have a "beginner's mind?"

A. because the "beginner" has a meditative brain that is neurally much more active and more resilient in neuroplasticity than are the brains of people who do not meditate B. because you cannot add knowledge to a mind that's full, just as you cannot add more water to a cup that is full to the brim C. because the beginner's mind is a critically open mind D. All of these answers are correct.

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The statement "Janey told her mother she needed to lose ten pounds" is primarily

A. ambiguous
B. overgeneral
C. vague
D. None of the answers are correct

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