I understand why E is correct. But doesn't D deny an alternative hypothesis- that the unhealthy food leads to a long life. in some strange world. by saying that there are people who eat unhealthy food and still dont live past 100.
I also know that the premise states that the food stated leads to a shortened life spans. but I still felt like r
Anyone else quick to eliminate the answer choices that are definitely wrong, but then you stare at the remaining one (the correct answer) and second-guess it for a minute?
I do not find all of these questions easy, but let me explain why this one should be easy to break down.
We are looking to strengthen the argument here. The argument is that somehow, it's likely that these long-lived individuals are genetically disposed to long lives.
Immediately, you can rule out A-D. Not a single thing mentions genes, and of course, an alternate explanation WEAKENS. Then follows E, which not only very clearly mentions genes (a sibling), but it is the ONLY answer choice that has ANYTHING to do with the argument, that argument being related to genetic disposal.
I eliminated B and C because the stim groups together all of the unhealthy life styles into one "indicator." whereas B and C try to parse out the indicator without any support from the stimulus. Am I thinking right here?
I spend way too long trying to figure out what unrelated answers are trying to say and vainly trying to connect them to the answer. I don't know why B and C were different answer choices (probably a lazy test writer) and I was sure that I had misunderstood something. Why would the test writers give us two answer choices where one basically said 'I have 12' and the other said 'I have a dozen' when the question was "what is your favorite color?"
-A keyword to always lookout for is "who." It will often follow a group, such as centenarians, to narrow down the subset. If it narrows it down to a group that is different than what appears in the passage, then it is most likely a wrong answer choice.
-Look for ambiguity. While the question didn't incorporate this, "large proportion" is an ambiguous amount, can't be pinned down. Always good to identify places where it is ambiguous.
I got the answer right because the other answer choices were clearly wrong. However, I struggled with (e) because siblings don't just share genetics, they also share environments. In other words, perhaps there are learned behaviors siblings share that help them live longer instead of just biology.
What was helpful was to think about the subsets. (E) specifically refers to nearly all centenarians, and the stimulus discusses a "large proportion" of centenarians with unhealthy lives. There is likely an overlap between both subsets, so even centenarians that have unhealthy lifestyles often have siblings who are centenarians, and lifestyle can't explain that.
(D) was a really fun answer choice to rigorously eliminate in BR. Really fun wrong answer choice. “Some” people who don’t live to see 100 also live like boozy, chain-smoking, bacon-wrapped cheeseburgers on mobility scooters. “Some.” Some of the time—just sometimes—these conditions sufficiently preclude the consequent of living to 100 years. Let’s be charitable here. It still certainly seems that we can’t assume that it would be most of the time. Merry Christmas!
for those who had trouble, this is how i got it: the conclusion made a jump from "these bad behaviors lead to shorter lives" to "long life is genetic". so we must ask ourselves, what's missing? The answer choice that offers more context about the "genetics" portion of the conclusion is the correct one
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Almost had me between D and E but looking at the subject again between the two it was clear which one was right
I understand why E is correct. But doesn't D deny an alternative hypothesis- that the unhealthy food leads to a long life. in some strange world. by saying that there are people who eat unhealthy food and still dont live past 100.
I also know that the premise states that the food stated leads to a shortened life spans. but I still felt like r
Wow, so much more straight forward than the previous question.
Anyone else quick to eliminate the answer choices that are definitely wrong, but then you stare at the remaining one (the correct answer) and second-guess it for a minute?
I do not find all of these questions easy, but let me explain why this one should be easy to break down.
We are looking to strengthen the argument here. The argument is that somehow, it's likely that these long-lived individuals are genetically disposed to long lives.
Immediately, you can rule out A-D. Not a single thing mentions genes, and of course, an alternate explanation WEAKENS. Then follows E, which not only very clearly mentions genes (a sibling), but it is the ONLY answer choice that has ANYTHING to do with the argument, that argument being related to genetic disposal.
I eliminated B and C because the stim groups together all of the unhealthy life styles into one "indicator." whereas B and C try to parse out the indicator without any support from the stimulus. Am I thinking right here?
#gotitin53seconds
I spend way too long trying to figure out what unrelated answers are trying to say and vainly trying to connect them to the answer. I don't know why B and C were different answer choices (probably a lazy test writer) and I was sure that I had misunderstood something. Why would the test writers give us two answer choices where one basically said 'I have 12' and the other said 'I have a dozen' when the question was "what is your favorite color?"
I FINALLY GOT ONE RIGHT LETS GOOOO (its 2 star difficulty)
3 for 3 chat ….. LFG on our Elle Woods grind… 😤
24 seconds lets goo
I am so understanding this section of WSE finally. I was on a bad streak.
Please tell me that I'm not the only one struggling with this chapter rip
My takeaways:
-A keyword to always lookout for is "who." It will often follow a group, such as centenarians, to narrow down the subset. If it narrows it down to a group that is different than what appears in the passage, then it is most likely a wrong answer choice.
-Look for ambiguity. While the question didn't incorporate this, "large proportion" is an ambiguous amount, can't be pinned down. Always good to identify places where it is ambiguous.
I finally got one right. What a feeling haha
I got the answer right because the other answer choices were clearly wrong. However, I struggled with (e) because siblings don't just share genetics, they also share environments. In other words, perhaps there are learned behaviors siblings share that help them live longer instead of just biology.
What was helpful was to think about the subsets. (E) specifically refers to nearly all centenarians, and the stimulus discusses a "large proportion" of centenarians with unhealthy lives. There is likely an overlap between both subsets, so even centenarians that have unhealthy lifestyles often have siblings who are centenarians, and lifestyle can't explain that.
(D) was a really fun answer choice to rigorously eliminate in BR. Really fun wrong answer choice. “Some” people who don’t live to see 100 also live like boozy, chain-smoking, bacon-wrapped cheeseburgers on mobility scooters. “Some.” Some of the time—just sometimes—these conditions sufficiently preclude the consequent of living to 100 years. Let’s be charitable here. It still certainly seems that we can’t assume that it would be most of the time. Merry Christmas!
REALLY
"Oh, my brothers smokes daily and hasnt developed lung cancer. This means that I can smoke as much as he does."
E is bullshit.
Edit: The GENES. GOD IM STUPID.
I've gotten every question right so far, I'm feeling more confident. But not I'm worried the harder questions will get me later on
I just want to say thank you to these videos. I am absolutely crushing these questions with ease now.
I am bombing this section lol
man, i got the right answer but I misread the conclusion and didn't see "genetically"
I hope all questions are like this on the test. Manifesting energy lol
for those who had trouble, this is how i got it: the conclusion made a jump from "these bad behaviors lead to shorter lives" to "long life is genetic". so we must ask ourselves, what's missing? The answer choice that offers more context about the "genetics" portion of the conclusion is the correct one
E was so obviously correct I almost got it wrong