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.
My science background (I'm a HS science teacher) really bit me in the ass here because I assumed (A) was such an obvious assumption it was just established truth thus wouldn't strengthen the argument but just reiterate what is intrinsically true less trust in research = weaker research = less progress . (IDK if that makes sense lol)
i approached this as a sufficient assumption question because of the phrase "if assumed" in the question stem.
then A was pretty straight forward. A focuses on that assumption and does not try to weaken it. So thats good. then the "sufficient assumption" is the part where you link the premise and the conclusion as tight as possible.
did not pick D because it goes against the author's assumption.
to strengthen, you want to hold on to that assumption STRONGLY.
The most popular wrong answers are just a result of misreading the question, not what he says is the trap answer (which I agree is the intended trap). This is one of the last questions in the last section and is a true differentiator between the 160's and 170's. The LSAT, at the top 10%, is more of an endurance and attention to detail test than a test of overall logical capabilities IMO. I firmly believe that anyone who can score in the mid to high 150s timed could get almost every question right if you gave them the test with unlimited time and breaks.
So what should be my takeaway here if out of the past 4 practice questions, I've gotten three right only in the blind review portion? Should I focus less on speed and just read everything more carefully and not mind the clock?
Ngl i got this wrong bc I didn’t know what deleterious meant
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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?
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
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.
"deleterious" my ass
My science background (I'm a HS science teacher) really bit me in the ass here because I assumed (A) was such an obvious assumption it was just established truth thus wouldn't strengthen the argument but just reiterate what is intrinsically true less trust in research = weaker research = less progress . (IDK if that makes sense lol)
got this correct during blind review and tell me why im extremely proud of myself rn
Imagine if (A) said "damaging."
Not "dEletErIouS."
bro how is this a level 5 difficulty question, I had 10 time more trouble solving that last one that was level 2 smh
for some reason this one was very easy for me. but the Marine reptile/whale one kicked my ass. I wonder why
WHAT DO YOU MEAN WHAT IN OUR WORLD IS COMPLETELY EFFECTIVE IM GONA CRASH OOOOUUUUUTTTT
the fact that I have not missed a single strengthening question but haven't gotten a single weakening question is so much fun
ugh I have to remember that words like "completely" are carefully chosen by the LSAT writers, not like how I throw them around in real life...
i approached this as a sufficient assumption question because of the phrase "if assumed" in the question stem.
then A was pretty straight forward. A focuses on that assumption and does not try to weaken it. So thats good. then the "sufficient assumption" is the part where you link the premise and the conclusion as tight as possible.
did not pick D because it goes against the author's assumption.
to strengthen, you want to hold on to that assumption STRONGLY.
The most popular wrong answers are just a result of misreading the question, not what he says is the trap answer (which I agree is the intended trap). This is one of the last questions in the last section and is a true differentiator between the 160's and 170's. The LSAT, at the top 10%, is more of an endurance and attention to detail test than a test of overall logical capabilities IMO. I firmly believe that anyone who can score in the mid to high 150s timed could get almost every question right if you gave them the test with unlimited time and breaks.
So what should be my takeaway here if out of the past 4 practice questions, I've gotten three right only in the blind review portion? Should I focus less on speed and just read everything more carefully and not mind the clock?
Started out picking A then picked C in BR bc I was like its too simple and felt I had to address the analogy ugh
treating this like a NA question def helped
idk if it's just me but the questions in this WSE section have been wrecking me
what tf is a deleterious
Ngl i got this wrong bc I didn’t know what deleterious meant