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Hi lsatloverrrrr,
Answer C doesn't provide a solution to the paradox. This answer just states that all of the subjects are healthy during trials for drug safety, but that's fine. Neither the subjects nor the experimenters will know for sure which subjects got the drug and which got the placebo. Granted, if a bunch of the patients start getting sick, that may hint that they are taking the real drug and that the real drug isn't safe, but that's what the experiment is designed to test. On the other hand, it's also possible that some of the subjects got sick for completely unrelated reasons (such as getting a cold, the flu, etc.) and that they were taking the placebo. Since neither the subjects nor the experimenters will know for sure which subjects got the drug, this doesn't explain the paradox. Also, if the drug is safe (which hopefully it is), there shouldn't be any differences between the two groups.
Compare this to Answer A, in which the subjects taking the drugs develop specific side effects that the experimenters know that the drug causes. This would make it rather obvious which subjects are taking the real drugs as they will have these specific side effects that the experimenters can see.
Answer C doesn't provide a solution to the paradox. This answer just states that all of the subjects are healthy during trials for drug safety, but that's fine. Neither the subjects nor the experimenters will know for sure which subjects got the drug and which got the placebo. Granted, if a bunch of the patients start getting sick, that may hint that they are taking the real drug and that the real drug isn't safe, but that's what the experiment is designed to test. On the other hand, it's also possible that some of the subjects got sick for completely unrelated reasons (such as getting a cold, the flu, etc.) and that they were taking the placebo. Since neither the subjects nor the experimenters will know for sure which subjects got the drug, this doesn't explain the paradox. Also, if the drug is safe (which hopefully it is), there shouldn't be any differences between the two groups.
Compare this to Answer A, in which the subjects taking the drugs develop specific side effects that the experimenters know that the drug causes. This would make it rather obvious which subjects are taking the real drugs as they will have these specific side effects that the experimenters can see.