LSAT 2 – Section 2 – Question 07
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This is a weakening question: Which one of the following, if true, would weaken the argument?
Here we have a stimulus which begins with the conclusion; our author declares that there is no point in requiring scientists’ work be officially confirmed before being published. This is because there is already an unofficial confirmation system; the ability of other scientists to replicate results. Poor scientific work will be revealed when other scientists fail to replicate it, and therefore will cause no harm. So we don’t need to vet what gets published because scientists will naturally figure out whether a publication is flawed and harmful. Interesting! Our job is to weaken this conclusion: we want ACs which suggest that the official confirmation is important and not redundant! Let’s see what we get:
Correct Answer Choice (A) Bingo! If replication can take years to occur, then that is years a flawed study could be out there causing harm.
Answer Choice (B) This strengthens the conclusion, by providing another vetting system which could catch issues regardless of official confirmation.
Answer Choice (C) This also supports that replication will be able to find errors if unofficially confirmed work is published.
Answer Choice (D) This does nothing to undermine the author’s conclusion.
Answer Choice (E) Cool! But what does this have to do with whether official confirmation is important!
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