Question

the poetry of physics
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read the excerpt from neil degrasse tysons \death by black hole.\
all parts of your body are moving toward the same spot—the black holes center. so while youre getting ripped apart head to toe, you will also extrude through the fabric of space and time, like toothpaste squeezed through a tube.
read the excerpt from billy collinss \man listening to disc.\
this is not bad—
ambling along 44th street
with sonny rollins for company,
his music flowing through the soft calipers
of these earphones,
which of the following ideas is presented in both excerpts?
○ humanity as a small piece in a very large universe
○ the human body is being moved along by an outside force
○ individuals finding and accepting their place in the world
○ one individual becoming the center of a vast universe

Explanation:

1. Analyze the first excerpt: It describes the body being moved toward a black hole's center (an outside force).
2. Analyze the second excerpt: The person is "ambling along" with music (implies movement, and the music is an outside element guiding the experience, or the environment/outside factors moving them along 44th Street).
3. Evaluate other options:

• "humanity as a small piece..." isn't directly supported in both (second excerpt is more about personal experience with music, not cosmic scale).
• "individuals finding..." isn't shown (no acceptance of place, just movement).
• "one individual becoming..." is incorrect (first is about being pulled by black hole, not being a center).

So the idea of the human body being moved by an outside force matches both.

Answer:

B. the human body is being moved along by an outside force