Re answer choice D - are we not able to assume that if throwing faster results in a more accurate throw, it would be easier to catch a ball? Could that be true for the adults throwing the ball to children?
@jessiekopp5 not really. D is talking about children tossing the ball back with better accuracy. That is extending way beyond the scope of the argument. The argument talks about children's catching ability and how they can catch faster balls than you think.
The answer is going to be something that explains why children have an easier time catching balls and D does not support that.
D is saying well children are able to toss the ball back with more accuracy if they throw the ball at faster speeds than when they throw the ball back more slowly.
A explains how children actually have an easier time catching balls that are thrown at a faster speed. It is because "balls thrown at a faster speed, unlike balls thrown at a slower speed, trigger regions in the brain that control the tracking of objects for self defense"
Essentially saying well when a ball get thrown at a faster speed a child's brain activates a specific area that helps with tracking of an object for self defense.
I just wanted to come here and say that I thought self defence meant to defend yourself. So in the case of a ball being thrown at you, if you went into self defence, I thought you would deflect the ball or cover yourself to defend yourself. This is why I got it wrong. Maybe I should of became a neurosurgeon so I knew more about the brain before taking the LSAT.
A doesn't say anything about actually defending yourself. It says it "triggers regions in the brain that control the tracking of objects for self-defense." This would help explain why children have better luck catching objects at higher speeds, an additional region of their brain has been activated to help them better track the ball. I think you read into it so hard you missed the overall point of what A is saying
i think the self defence thing is more to just say that their reaction speed is faster as a result of that part of their brain is triggered, but obviously they know that they're just playing and the goal is to catch the ball, so their conscious actions are to catch it, while the part of their brain that is triggered is simply that of tracking for the purpose of self defence and not actually for the sake of self defence.
I'm really starting to get a grasp on good logic from all this LSAT studying. if I want a kid to get better at anything, I gotta trigger the self-defense mechanism. when I have a kid I'll make sure he gets in da octagon with Jon Jones. thanks J.Y.!
As a former elementary PE teacher, I've been saying this for nearly a decade: gotta throw fucking 80+ mph ched at kids, or you are stunting their growth
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So I have throw 90 mph curveballs at my son so he can easily catch them.
i dont understand why A is correct. how could we possible know about the region of the brain that triggers self defense?
1/1 (-00:06) because i'm still developing coordination
they'll never see this one coming (me chucking a ball at a kid)
This was the lowest 50% predicted score I've ever seen lol
@SeanWolfe didnt even think to check until i read this lmaoooo
FINALLY 40 SECONDS YAYYYY
ONLY 30 SECONDS OVER I'M INVINCIBLE
I know ball
yayaya!
38 seconds over but got it right. Will throw 100 mph balls at my 1 year old nephew
noted, next time i play with my nephew i will exclusively be chucking 90mi/hr fast balls
@TheBigFatPanda I hope Thanksgiving taught him well...
@AidenG123 its MLB or bust im afraid
lmao not kevin putting all these one bubble questions at the end of this lesson so we dont give up on our law careers
@Sunday_Blues13 That's J.Y. :). And of course, we gotta toss an easy ball sometime, right?
@Kevin_Lin s-tier comment
Ok, these easier questions really help me understand better. And they definitely boost my confidence that I know what I am doing.
I'm gonna train my kid to catch like i'm fuckin Shohei Ohtani
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@adams XD
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This question says throw things considerably harder at children than you think. This is the funniest LSAT question.
Re answer choice D - are we not able to assume that if throwing faster results in a more accurate throw, it would be easier to catch a ball? Could that be true for the adults throwing the ball to children?
@jessiekopp5 not really. D is talking about children tossing the ball back with better accuracy. That is extending way beyond the scope of the argument. The argument talks about children's catching ability and how they can catch faster balls than you think.
The answer is going to be something that explains why children have an easier time catching balls and D does not support that.
D is saying well children are able to toss the ball back with more accuracy if they throw the ball at faster speeds than when they throw the ball back more slowly.
A explains how children actually have an easier time catching balls that are thrown at a faster speed. It is because "balls thrown at a faster speed, unlike balls thrown at a slower speed, trigger regions in the brain that control the tracking of objects for self defense"
Essentially saying well when a ball get thrown at a faster speed a child's brain activates a specific area that helps with tracking of an object for self defense.
Makes sense
I just wanted to come here and say that I thought self defence meant to defend yourself. So in the case of a ball being thrown at you, if you went into self defence, I thought you would deflect the ball or cover yourself to defend yourself. This is why I got it wrong. Maybe I should of became a neurosurgeon so I knew more about the brain before taking the LSAT.
A doesn't say anything about actually defending yourself. It says it "triggers regions in the brain that control the tracking of objects for self-defense." This would help explain why children have better luck catching objects at higher speeds, an additional region of their brain has been activated to help them better track the ball. I think you read into it so hard you missed the overall point of what A is saying
i think the self defence thing is more to just say that their reaction speed is faster as a result of that part of their brain is triggered, but obviously they know that they're just playing and the goal is to catch the ball, so their conscious actions are to catch it, while the part of their brain that is triggered is simply that of tracking for the purpose of self defence and not actually for the sake of self defence.
I'm really starting to get a grasp on good logic from all this LSAT studying. if I want a kid to get better at anything, I gotta trigger the self-defense mechanism. when I have a kid I'll make sure he gets in da octagon with Jon Jones. thanks J.Y.!
I live for these comments, make this studying a bit bearable
Get that baby on the San Francisco Giants. Now.
As a former elementary PE teacher, I've been saying this for nearly a decade: gotta throw fucking 80+ mph ched at kids, or you are stunting their growth
/throwing ched → stunting growth
Thanks for the confirmation, J.Y.!
@coachzrussell 80+ won't even get you outta high school ball. 90 or die baby lfg