Question: The passage given below is followed by four alternate summaries. Choose the option that best captures the essence of the passage.
All that we think we know about how life hangs together is really some kind of illusion that we have perpetrated on ourselves because of our limited vision. What appear to be inanimate objects such as stones turn out not only to be alive in the same way that we are, but also in many infinitesimal ways to be affected by stimuli just as humans are. The distinction between animate and inanimate simply cannot be made when you enter the world of quantum mechanics and try to determine how those apparent subatomic particles, of which you and everything else in our universe is composed, are all tied together. The point is that physics and metaphysics show there is a pattern to the universe that goes beyond our capacity to grasp it with our brains.
The passage is about the limitations of our understanding of how things work. This is illustrated through the example of animate and inanimate object. The way we distinguish between them may be flawed due to our limited perspective. At quantum level there is no distinction between animate and inanimate objects.
Option (a) captures this essence and hence is the correct answer.
Option (b) mentions the words sentient and congnizant for inanimate objects which have not been used for in the passage.
Option (c) is wrong. Although the passage mentions that inanimate objects are affected by stimuli just like humans are affected, but it does not mention that the effect is similar.
Option (d) is wrong as the passage does not mention anything about astigmatic view. It also does not mention the main idea of the passage which is distinction between animate and inanimate objects.
Hence, option (a).