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A student draws a diagram that describes how she thinks people see in the dark. Based on her drawing, she predicts that if people stay

in a totally dark room for a long time, eventually their eyes will adjust to the darkness and they will be able to see.
When she tries this experiment in a totally dark room, it turns out that her prediction was incorrect, and that she is unable to adjust to
the darkness. What should she do with her drawing?
Because her drawing does not accurately represent what really happens, she should make a new version of it that better predicts what she
actually experienced in the dark room.
Because her drawing was not useful in making an accurate prediction, she should discard it and not use drawings anymore to make
predictions.
Because her drawing represents how she thinks the world works, she should not change it but should be confident that she can use it to
make accurate predictions.
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Because her drawing represents how she thinks the world works, she should use it to make other predictions and keep checking them until
one of them turns out to be correct

User Jacob Robbins
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Answer:

A: Because her drawing does not accurately represent what really happens, she should make a new version of it that better predicts what she actually experienced in the dark room.

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