Because, salt was needed to flavor food, preserve meat, used for medical<span>
purposes, and to keep the body healthy. But in West Africa, salt was a rare. So,</span><span>West Africans traded their gold for salt. (Salt was so valuable, it was worth </span><span><span>its weight in gold. 1 pound of salt = 1 pound of gold.) Hope this helps!!</span>
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Answer: According to Tetlock argument, Expert with good predictive power should be willing to;
• EXPLORE DIVERSE INFORMATION AND ANALYTICAL MODEL
• CHALLENGE CONVENTIONAL WISDOM
• BE COMFORTABLE WITH COMPLEXITY AND UNCERTAINTY.
Therefore option b,c,e is the right answer.
Explanation: The predictive power of a scientist is the power a scientist has to generate a testable prediction, thereby making its theory to be a testable prediction.
For an expert to have good predictive power it must have the ability to explore diverse information and analytical model, because when you explore different information and analyse it in the best form, you will be able to postulate more information and discoveries, which can help you to predict a testable theory. By exploring you are trying to challenge conventional wisdom, of why should this be this?, You may get confused and uncertain at a point. But if he you have a good predictive power, you can be able to absorb it all to achieve your discovery and produce a scientific theory with a predictive power.
Answer: The pundit is using a NATIONAL DEFENSE ARGUMENT to justify the trade restriction.
Explanation: National defense argument is when someone is using the security of the nation to defend his argument, to be very important as the security of the nation is very important.
This type of argument always tends to use the fallacy of red herring to convince his audience about his argument. The argument sounds to be important as it used red herring to relate it's point to the security of the nation during wartime.
The pundit politician has used the fallacy of red herring to relate it's reason of increment in the tariff of semiconductor importation, to the security of the nation during war times. Therefore this is a national security argument.
The Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution (Article VI, Clause 2) establishes that the Constitution, federal laws made pursuant to it, and treaties made under its authority, constitute the supreme law of the land
