Question ID:PT59 S3 Q23 Passage:To predict that a device will be invented, one must develop a conception of the device that includes some details at least about how it will function and the consequences of its use. But clearly, then, the notion of predicting an invention is self-contradictory, for inventing means developing a detailed conception, and one cannot predict what has already taken place. Stem:Which one of the following most accurately describes the technique of reasoning employed by the argument? Correct Answer Choice:BChoice A:constructing a counterexample to a general hypothesis about the future Choice B:appealing to definitions to infer the impossibility of a kind of occurrence Choice C:countering a hypothesis by indicating the falsehood of the implications of that hypothesis Choice D:pointing out how a problem is widely thought to be scientific yet is really conceptual Choice E:attempting to show that predicting any event implies that it has in fact already taken place