Verbal Ability - Comprehension - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Comprehension - Section 4 (Q.No. 4)
Directions to Solve
Laws of nature are not commands but statements of acts. The use of the word "law" in this context is rather unfortunate. It would be better to speak of uniformities in nature. This would do away with the elementary fallacy that a law implies a law giver. If a piece of matter does not obey a law of nature it is punished. On the contrary, we say that the law has been incorrectly started.

4.
The author is not happy with word 'law' because
it connotes rigidity and harshness
it implies an agency which has made them
it does not convey the sense of nature's uniformity
it gives rise to false beliefs
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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Discussion:
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Animesh said:   7 days ago
1. Since, law giver's law & nature's fact both can be rigid & harsh. Thus, A cannot be the answer.

2. Since the word "agency" is not directly highlighted but is implied in the passage, we can somewhat consider option B as implied truth, hence true to some/most degree.

And also the "agency" in option B itself is a belief among a broader list of beliefs, it has its connection to option D (which suggests this broader list of beliefs). Therefore, option B is a subset of the beliefs within option D's broader list of beliefs. Also, option D also implied truth & not directly highlighted in the passage. Thus, we can consider option D true to some/most degrees.

Therefore, at this point, we have two possible answers.

3. Since the notion of "uniformity" is explicitly conveyed & implied by the law-giver's law, it is a "must be" position for law giver pov, but it also could be possible with nature's facts. But the statement of C says the contrary regarding the law giver's pov which of course cannot be true. So, option C also cannot be considered.

4. Conclusion- at this point, options B & D seems feasible but there can be one possible answer. So now we need to find the most correct one. Both the words "agency" & "beliefs" are involved words, but the passage obvious hint toward agency rather than belief.

Explanation:- agency is the least implied among the two words. Now, we can see that between B & D, option B is most grounded in the passage & least implied option too.

Third, "The author is not happy with the word 'law' because it implies an agency which has made them. Vs The author is not happy with the word 'law' because it gives rise to false beliefs". Between this two statements, "agency" is directly suggested in passage than the "false belief" although the word agency is also implicit like the word belief, but is less implicit & give more directly suggestive in the passage.

Binod Luhar said:   1 year ago
I think Option B is correct.

The author expresses dissatisfaction with the use of the word "law" because it falsely suggests the existence of a lawgiver or agency responsible for creating these laws. The author prefers the term "uniformities in nature" to avoid this implication.
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Adhi said:   2 years ago
The correct answer is Option B.

The passage emphasizes that the term 'law' is misleading because it shows that laws are being created by lawgivers, but the author prefers to view this as a uniformities of nature.

However he also mentions that "it would be better to refer to uniformities of nature", but he is mainly unhappy with the word 'law' because it implies an agency which made them.

Option D is partially true because the term "law" may create false belief but he didn't state anywhere in the context as it leads us to the false belief but implies an agency,

Hence option B is the correct answer.
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Moumita kundu said:   5 years ago
The answer should be C as according to the passage.
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Ashvitha said:   6 years ago
The answer should be C according to the passage.
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NJN said:   6 years ago
C Option should be the correct option.
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Pratik kumar said:   8 years ago
Option should be C. The Answer is wrong as nowhere mentioned about harshness.
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Anomii said:   8 years ago
The answer should be C.
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Akshu said:   9 years ago
If a piece of matter does not obey a law of nature it is punished. It denotes rigidity and harness hence option A is correct.
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Ganesh said:   9 years ago
The answer should be C.


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