Watching the explanation made me realize I made an assumption about A. In my perspective, "a tiny percentage" in relation to the universe mass could still be a huge number. It kind of feels I thought of it as "many = large amount".
I was overthinking my reasonings trying to do POE. Anyone have any tips to stop doing that esp with POE?
Tangentially, I think E actually deepens the paradox. If they can't even agree on the proper procedure for making an estimate, and all use different techniques, but most still agree this has no impact on their resulting estimate, then that is just further proof that something more complex is going on.
Pretty much you have to make a "logical assumption" based on the info in the stimulus... all these scientists think mass remains the same because we barely know the univerise anyway so no matter if we discover another 40 billion galaxies its prob like 0.01% of all galaxies lol < I guess this is what helped me.
Yeah, I am not good at these RRE questions. Maybe I'm too stuck in support spectrum mentality. That makes it difficult to go through POE because I think I'm ruling answers out for the wrong reasons. It means I'm going through the list of answers looking at each one as a possible explanation rather than accepting as true and determining how they help explain the stimulus...🫤
Good news: getting these questions right... but I'm doing it with 3 or 4 mins each time. I know I shouldn't worry about time right now but I can't help but think at some point hopefully it goes down.
I decided to switch my answer from A because I felt "tiny" was ambiguous. A tiny percentage could be 1%, so wouldn't accounting for 40 billion more galaxies potentially up that tiny percentage to like 3%, in which case the mass of the universe would be changed... Or am I overthinking. #feedback
Just sharing my experience in case anyone else is feeling a lil fatigued- I stopped on this question yesterday feeling frustrated because I was NOT understanding it at all. Back at it this morning, and it totally makes sense now. Studying consistently is key, but sometimes you really do just need a break and a good night's sleep!
The reason i was going to choose C is because i was thinking. The galaxys were already there we just couldnt see them. So when the instruments got better we saw what was always there. So the universe didnt get bigger we just saw everything in it. But then i understood i was doing to much and chose A
I just started using the template to review answers in the blind review section. It has helped me a ton to thoughtful review and correct/affirm my thinking process. I highly recommend!
I completely skipped through A because it said that it takes up a small percentage of it, which still does not explain why it remains completely unchanged. even if it took up a small part of it, it would still slightly change it no?
I feel as though the strategies for RRE are more intuitive. I just lowkey lean on answers that are the most reasonable and have the least outrageous assumptions. In other words, I do not have to think too much about it making sense.
i dont know why but thinking of these questions as phenomena in need of an explanation is blowing my mind bc it's such a straightforward way of thinking to get the correct answer choice. idk why i was expecting something else that was much more complicated.
also, the explanation videos for this lesson have been top-notch! so detailed and thorough to reinforce my understanding
For these type of questions, will it ever be possible that a LSAT question will have us explain a phenomenon with an answer that in the real world is blatantly false? Like it would make sense to the question, but if you knew enough about such topic, you would know that answer still is not correct.
I feel like a lot of answer choices for RRE explain "one half" of the phenomenon and bait you to assume that it somehow impacts the rest.
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Watching the explanation made me realize I made an assumption about A. In my perspective, "a tiny percentage" in relation to the universe mass could still be a huge number. It kind of feels I thought of it as "many = large amount".
I was overthinking my reasonings trying to do POE. Anyone have any tips to stop doing that esp with POE?
#HELP
Getting all of these right, but my timing is dog water.
I got this one in 45 secs!
Tangentially, I think E actually deepens the paradox. If they can't even agree on the proper procedure for making an estimate, and all use different techniques, but most still agree this has no impact on their resulting estimate, then that is just further proof that something more complex is going on.
i had A smh i changed it to be B :/
Ok I am starting to get them right.
Pretty much you have to make a "logical assumption" based on the info in the stimulus... all these scientists think mass remains the same because we barely know the univerise anyway so no matter if we discover another 40 billion galaxies its prob like 0.01% of all galaxies lol < I guess this is what helped me.
Yeah, I am not good at these RRE questions. Maybe I'm too stuck in support spectrum mentality. That makes it difficult to go through POE because I think I'm ruling answers out for the wrong reasons. It means I'm going through the list of answers looking at each one as a possible explanation rather than accepting as true and determining how they help explain the stimulus...🫤
i feel it's easy when all i do is really assume in real life lolz
I forgot that I was supposed to assume that each answer choice was correct :/
Am I the only one finding these to be the easiest questions so far? I feel like main conclusion and MSS questions may be harder for me. Lol.
Good news: getting these questions right... but I'm doing it with 3 or 4 mins each time. I know I shouldn't worry about time right now but I can't help but think at some point hopefully it goes down.
I decided to switch my answer from A because I felt "tiny" was ambiguous. A tiny percentage could be 1%, so wouldn't accounting for 40 billion more galaxies potentially up that tiny percentage to like 3%, in which case the mass of the universe would be changed... Or am I overthinking. #feedback
Just sharing my experience in case anyone else is feeling a lil fatigued- I stopped on this question yesterday feeling frustrated because I was NOT understanding it at all. Back at it this morning, and it totally makes sense now. Studying consistently is key, but sometimes you really do just need a break and a good night's sleep!
I am literally horrible at these questions. I have gotten every single one wrong!
finally, something I'm naturally good at. lol
Getting absolutely wrecked on these questions.
Very easy. Apparently these question type are one of my best is what I am finding out. Here I thought I was mediocre at them all :p
#help
I still dont understand why D is wrong
The reason i was going to choose C is because i was thinking. The galaxys were already there we just couldnt see them. So when the instruments got better we saw what was always there. So the universe didnt get bigger we just saw everything in it. But then i understood i was doing to much and chose A
I just started using the template to review answers in the blind review section. It has helped me a ton to thoughtful review and correct/affirm my thinking process. I highly recommend!
Narrowed it down to either A or E and went with E. darn.
I completely skipped through A because it said that it takes up a small percentage of it, which still does not explain why it remains completely unchanged. even if it took up a small part of it, it would still slightly change it no?
I feel as though the strategies for RRE are more intuitive. I just lowkey lean on answers that are the most reasonable and have the least outrageous assumptions. In other words, I do not have to think too much about it making sense.
i dont know why but thinking of these questions as phenomena in need of an explanation is blowing my mind bc it's such a straightforward way of thinking to get the correct answer choice. idk why i was expecting something else that was much more complicated.
also, the explanation videos for this lesson have been top-notch! so detailed and thorough to reinforce my understanding
For these type of questions, will it ever be possible that a LSAT question will have us explain a phenomenon with an answer that in the real world is blatantly false? Like it would make sense to the question, but if you knew enough about such topic, you would know that answer still is not correct.
I feel like a lot of answer choices for RRE explain "one half" of the phenomenon and bait you to assume that it somehow impacts the rest.