Question ID:PT21 S2 Q25 Passage:Statistician: Changes in the Sun’s luminosity correlate exceedingly well with average land temperatures on Earth. Clearly—and contrary to accepted opinion among meteorologists—the Sun’s luminosity essentially controls land temperatures on Earth.Meteorologist: I disagree. Any professional meteorologist will tell you that in a system as complicated as that giving rise to the climate, no significant aspect can be controlled by a single variable. Stem:The reasoning in the meteorologist’s counterargument is questionable because that argument Correct Answer Choice:EChoice A:rejects a partial explanation, not because it is incorrect, but only because it is not complete Choice B:fails to distinguish phenomena that exist independently of a particular system from phenomena that exist only as part of the system Choice C:calls into question the existence of a correlation when the only real issue is that of how to interpret the correlation Choice D:dismisses a hypothesis on the grounds that it fails to deal with any matters of the scientific significance Choice E:appeals to the authoritativeness of an opinion without evaluating the merit of a putative counterexample