Critical Reasoning (CR) | Re: ­Conformity is dangerous in intellectual endeavors. For instance, one

­ Conformity is dangerous in intellectual endeavors. For instance, one economist pointed out the danger of an inflationary bubble in Nation X’s housing market prior to a major decline in homeprices,  but hesitated to express his worries fully because he felt "vulnerable expressing such quirky views," and feared beingmarginalized . To take another example, consider how it was regarded as "obvious" that at least one hundred genes are needed to convert an animal cell back to its embryonicstate.  Or at least it was so regarded by almost everyone until the biologist Shinya Yamanaka showed that just foursufficed.

Analyzing the passage, we see that it has the following form.

It first states aconclusion:

­Conformity is dangerous in intellectualendeavors.

Then, it presents two examples to support thatconclusion.

Which of the following most accurately describes the logical roles of the statements inboldface?

[color=#0000ff] A. The first is a premise
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