▶ Your Answer :The reading and lecture both talk about the
phenomenon called ‘will-o-wisp’. The reading says that this phenomenon has many
scientific hypotheses. The lecturer, however, says that these hypotheses are
not convincing.
To begin with, the reading passage argues
that ‘will-o-the wisp’ can be occurred by the phosphine gas. The lecturer does
not agree at this assertion. She insists that this gas is possible to make illumination,
but this hypothesis could not enough to explain the phenomenon. To be specific,
at one test, chemicals can glow but the hue of the light was different of the phenomenon’s.
The eerie glowing lights are cool and green, however, the chemical lights were yellow
like candle.
Secondly, the reading contends that the
possible reason of the mysterious illumination is flying insects. The lecturer
casts doubt on this assertion by stating that these insects can make lights in
large area, not in specific area like marshes, bogs, and other wetlands where the
lights are observed. To add that, because the insects are flying, the lights made
by the insects are blinking which are different from the mysterious light that
is not blinking and steady without flashing.
Lastly, the last point made by the reading is
that barn owls might make ‘will-o-the-wisp’. The lecturer, however, argues that
barn owls are not entirely white, so they are not qualified to make the light.
To illustrate, because they are not perfectly white, the light made by them are
not as bright as the eerie glowing light.
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