I identified this as a support question immediately, so I was looking for support. Instead, this question is asking us to affirm the argument. This is exactly the type of answer we have been taught to disqualify since it just restates the stimulus. I feel as if the strategies I'm learning worked against me.
If something is harmful to something else, preventing it can either cause progress, or have no effect whatsoever.
So: A doesn´t totally reinforce the arguments assumption.
ARGUMENT´S ASSUMPTION:
preventing X -> is conducive to Y
AND ANSWER (A) STATES:
that X -> causes harm to Y,
THIS DOESN´T RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY OF:
preventing X -> has no effect on Y. (preventing Major incidents of scientific fraud has no effect on progress)
So the assumption that the argument uses is only slightly strengthened, not totally. I see no other way of doing this question besides a dubious POE. if anyone can clarify it would be greatly appreciated !
I am still so confused as to why C is definitively wrong. If the physics peer review system was 100% effective why should physicians change to match Biology?
If this was a necessary assumption question I would understand why this is wrong, but this question stem is just asking to strengthen. How does C not strengthen the argument by getting rid of the possibility that the peer review system is 100% effective and therefore not conductive to progress to change?
Got it right on blind review. Remember to anchor to the conclusion and treat the answer choice as enhancing the premises already there. What is conducive to progress in physics? If the field of physics was doing "the same thing" as biologists, aka more effectively preventing scientific fraud.
enhanced safeguards --prevents--->fraud---->conducive to progress
contrapositive: /conducive to progress--->/preventing fraud.
^Answer A is the contrapositive of the conclusion.
Let's say you didn't realise this question was a strengthen question. Could you have gone with like a Sufficient Assumption technique to find the Correct AC?
Isn't it more clear that AC A is correct if you think about this as an SA question rather than a Strengthen Q?
I have one question it says that to analogize them it could be either that Physics is equally or LESS effective. Wouldn't it being less effective also disanalogize it? Or am I seeing it wrong and that it being less effective strengthens even more because it suggests that they could use the same route that Biologists took.
A seemed a bit tricky to grasp right after reading the stimulus, you immediately think its a throw away choice, but careful reading of the question helps. If fraud then -progress, if progress then -fraud. or if prevention then progress and if -progress then -prevention.
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Saw the word "delete" and knew where that one was going lol
I got ths right but i had to look up what the hell deleterious meant lol
@Gabero123 Same, feels weird to get a level five right, after i got a level one question wrong.
No way I got this right and not the other lower difficultly questions. I think my brain is fried.
I think understanding why the correct answer is the correct answer would've been easier if I had tackled this question as a sufficient assumption.
I got this one right!! Is this really a level 5 question?!
I identified this as a support question immediately, so I was looking for support. Instead, this question is asking us to affirm the argument. This is exactly the type of answer we have been taught to disqualify since it just restates the stimulus. I feel as if the strategies I'm learning worked against me.
A was my first choice but I genuinely didn't know what deleterious meant
@madameatt13ke literally the same for me. Had it selected then chose B cuz idk what deleterious meant, got it on blind review tho
I’m cooking tysm
If something is harmful to something else, preventing it can either cause progress, or have no effect whatsoever.
So: A doesn´t totally reinforce the arguments assumption.
ARGUMENT´S ASSUMPTION:
preventing X -> is conducive to Y
AND ANSWER (A) STATES:
that X -> causes harm to Y,
THIS DOESN´T RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY OF:
preventing X -> has no effect on Y. (preventing Major incidents of scientific fraud has no effect on progress)
So the assumption that the argument uses is only slightly strengthened, not totally. I see no other way of doing this question besides a dubious POE. if anyone can clarify it would be greatly appreciated !
Ok, that was harder, I immediately disreguarded A and had to go back to it because it seemed too simple, but I got it right. A min and half over. Ugh.
Absolutely no idea how that one was a level 5 question
@Eomerhi Right?!?! SO easy
I am still so confused as to why C is definitively wrong. If the physics peer review system was 100% effective why should physicians change to match Biology?
If this was a necessary assumption question I would understand why this is wrong, but this question stem is just asking to strengthen. How does C not strengthen the argument by getting rid of the possibility that the peer review system is 100% effective and therefore not conductive to progress to change?
Man, the answer here is so obvious that I looked at it and was like "theres no way" and crossed it out. Tricky aaaah question
Why is it rated as a 5? The question regarding the national parks and the telecom industry was much harder.
Had to google deleterious but got it right lmao
YESSIR did it exactly on time.
A seemed so obvious to me I assumed it was wrong LOL
@an12 same the lsat really has me developing trust issues
the word deleterious really fucked me up
Got it right on blind review. Remember to anchor to the conclusion and treat the answer choice as enhancing the premises already there. What is conducive to progress in physics? If the field of physics was doing "the same thing" as biologists, aka more effectively preventing scientific fraud.
enhanced safeguards --prevents--->fraud---->conducive to progress
contrapositive: /conducive to progress--->/preventing fraud.
^Answer A is the contrapositive of the conclusion.
Let's say you didn't realise this question was a strengthen question. Could you have gone with like a Sufficient Assumption technique to find the Correct AC?
Isn't it more clear that AC A is correct if you think about this as an SA question rather than a Strengthen Q?
@DaisukeKaga I was thinking the same thing, especially because the question stem uses the language of "... if which one of the following is assumed?"
I have one question it says that to analogize them it could be either that Physics is equally or LESS effective. Wouldn't it being less effective also disanalogize it? Or am I seeing it wrong and that it being less effective strengthens even more because it suggests that they could use the same route that Biologists took.
Darn it! I doubted myself over that little word "deleterious" (use context clues to know it has negative connotation ughgughughgtgugh!!!!)
had to search up conducive and deleterious help
@CaseClosed use latin analysis. deleterious. Delete = to destruct. conducive. conducere = to lead. to make possible.
brb googling "deleterious"... smh...
A seemed a bit tricky to grasp right after reading the stimulus, you immediately think its a throw away choice, but careful reading of the question helps. If fraud then -progress, if progress then -fraud. or if prevention then progress and if -progress then -prevention.