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Author Testimony Always Safest

This trap appears as a wrong-answer choice in 1 active question. Spotting how it is built is the repair: read each example's “why it's attractive” before the “why it's wrong.”

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  • 22235_pilgrim_events_weekly · EVIDENCE · Choice AYes, because the article is an admission by a party opponent.

    Why it's attractive

    The answer tries to win on party-opponent admissions even though the stem gives no party statement.

    Why it's wrong

    The answer tries to win on party-opponent admissions even though the stem gives no party statement.

  • 22235_pilgrim_events_weekly · EVIDENCE · Choice BNo, because the article has not been authenticated by an official designee from the periodical's publisher.

    Why it's attractive

    It demands a specific authentication witness even though a self-authentication rule covers periodicals.

    Why it's wrong

    It demands a specific authentication witness even though a self-authentication rule covers periodicals.

  • 22235_pilgrim_events_weekly · EVIDENCE · Choice DNo, because the article has not been authenticated by its author.

    Why it's attractive

    It denies admission because the author did not testify, but the periodical rule removes that requirement.

    Why it's wrong

    It denies admission because the author did not testify, but the periodical rule removes that requirement.

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