"Failure" in D threw me off. It's almost as if it's imposing a Value judgement onto the answer. It would better stated as "the choice of the general public".
I want to ask the LSAT tutors whether I can generalize that extreme wording on answer choices are usually wrong. Unless it is explicitly stated in the stimulus. I don't have enough experience with the problems to make a generalization.
see I thought because there was no "supported" in the stem that it was an 'explicit' question-type. Because of that I read the answer choices much differently
Wow. I got it right with a 1:53 seconds over. Here is how I got to my answer D and not B.
Answer D: the failure of the general public to believe in extrasensory perception is good evidence against its existence
/General public belief --> /extrasensory perception real
This is stated in Waller's argument:
If extrasensory perception were real --> general public believes it
Now for Chin:
thus public opinion (general public), will always be biased in favor of such skeptics.
Chin would most STRONGLY disagree with Waller's argument and the statement that: "the failure of the general public to believe in extrasensory perception is good evidence against its existence".
For B I crossed this answer choice immediately. Waller NEVER explicitly or implicitly mentions skeptics. All he mentions is the general public.
My actual take was wrong but I got it right on BR. I rushed the actual take but also didn't spend a lot of time on BR. Gives me confidence that if I slow down I can definitely get tougher questions correct on this test.
The reasoning for why something is not true, to me, appears lack luster. I can prove why B is not correct, but I can't prove why D is correct based on the information they've provided.
I fell into the trap and clicked B, and right as I hit "submit drill" I let out an "AHHHH" because I had realized exactly the trap I fell into, but it was too late to correct my answer
Fell for the trap answer at first, but then in BR, I chose D. I'm trying to wrap my head as to why I fell for it, and only went with D in BR as it was my next best bet.
I was shocked to find that B was the most popular answer, that was the answer choice I struck down nearly immediately
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229 comments
i feel like a god for getting this right.
stop I chose A and then C and like legit no one picked those lmao
got this one wrong:( I chose B
I want to punch whoever wrote this question.
"Failure" in D threw me off. It's almost as if it's imposing a Value judgement onto the answer. It would better stated as "the choice of the general public".
I want to ask the LSAT tutors whether I can generalize that extreme wording on answer choices are usually wrong. Unless it is explicitly stated in the stimulus. I don't have enough experience with the problems to make a generalization.
ugh I fell for the trap and picked B
see I thought because there was no "supported" in the stem that it was an 'explicit' question-type. Because of that I read the answer choices much differently
i was down to B & D and chose B at first and in my BR i chose D because i was like wait waller never said anything about skeptics..
CALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE I'M ON FIREEEE
oh my glob I got it right and under time
It’s strange that I can answer the challenging questions correctly, but I sometimes get the simpler ones wrong.
First one wrong in these practice problems. This one was tricky.
Wow. I got it right with a 1:53 seconds over. Here is how I got to my answer D and not B.
Answer D: the failure of the general public to believe in extrasensory perception is good evidence against its existence
/General public belief --> /extrasensory perception real
This is stated in Waller's argument:
If extrasensory perception were real --> general public believes it
Now for Chin:
thus public opinion (general public), will always be biased in favor of such skeptics.
Chin would most STRONGLY disagree with Waller's argument and the statement that: "the failure of the general public to believe in extrasensory perception is good evidence against its existence".
For B I crossed this answer choice immediately. Waller NEVER explicitly or implicitly mentions skeptics. All he mentions is the general public.
My actual take was wrong but I got it right on BR. I rushed the actual take but also didn't spend a lot of time on BR. Gives me confidence that if I slow down I can definitely get tougher questions correct on this test.
I got a bit cocky here
Rip it and stick it babbyyyyy
I had this question in an LR practice about 2 weeks ago and remembered that B is not the correct answer.
The reasoning for why something is not true, to me, appears lack luster. I can prove why B is not correct, but I can't prove why D is correct based on the information they've provided.
I got it under time!!........ but i was wrong :) CLASSIC
I've literally gotten every practice problem wrong OMGGG. How are you guys getting it??
I fell into the trap and clicked B, and right as I hit "submit drill" I let out an "AHHHH" because I had realized exactly the trap I fell into, but it was too late to correct my answer
Fell for the trap answer at first, but then in BR, I chose D. I'm trying to wrap my head as to why I fell for it, and only went with D in BR as it was my next best bet.
i was so shocked I got this right and only 11 seconds ove time that I sceamed, called it lunch break, and made a sandwich.
I was shocked to find that B was the most popular answer, that was the answer choice I struck down nearly immediately