I am revisiting this particular video after a few weeks as a refresher, and I was wondering if my approach is viable.
The way I solved the question was by identifying the two chunks of the idea divided by the semi-colon. However, while I understand that “in fact” plays a contrasting role here, I saw that the two ideas are essentially supporting each other if you look at → (i) “neither of them changes reality by themselves” ; (ii) “what in fact changes it is them together.”
I can see how “in fact” allows you to create a contrast between the two blanks, and could be seen as overtaking the semi-colon. But it seems that the “;” connects the two divisions as a support conveying the same concept → by themselves = bad ; together = good.
Furthermore identifying it as a support allows me to fill the first blank as “changes”: This doesn’t (blank) reality; (+) what changes reality is blah blah blah
(I think why I instinctively went for support was because of the “neither, nor” phrase, combined with “by themselves” which fills the blank 1 with “changes” anyway, but maybe that’s usage strategy.)
Appreciate the help!