The LSAT reminds me of a father that I simply can never impress. Anytime that I think that I did something good, the LSAT always finds a way to put me right back in my place and throw something like this in my face. However, there is no better feeling than beating them at their own game. Not entirely sure how I will accomplish that, but I have a feeling it will involve at least another 100 hours of video tutorials and at least 5,000 more questions.
i translated to exist + determine --> as intelligent as humans. Then when I kicked the sufficient conditions up into the domain, i was left with "as intelligent as humans.
Then with the premises that we cannot spend any spacecrafts, and that sentient beings are at least as intelligent as humans, then they must not be able to send spacecrafts either. However, since we are in the domain of determining their existence and that they exist, we must be the ones to send the spacecraft. Does that make sense?
I am confused why we automatically assumed that we couldn't discover the aliens. How did he get that from the arg? I feel like the argument could go one way or another.
I had E as my chosen answer at first, and then I really thought about what the conclusion was and how exactly E could make it work.
The conclusion is if there are sentient beings, it is impossible for us to know unless they are as INT as us.
Why does their INT matter? At first glance, I thought E because of course in order to communicate with us they need to be at least as INT, so “bridge” made.
But the conclusion doesn’t have anything to do with other beings communicating with us, it’s whether or not we can detect them. If they can’t be detected through comms, then they’re not as INT. But what ELSE is stopping us from detecting them? The fact that we can’t send spacecraft out.
That’s what led me to pick D in the end, it’s the only answer that tells us that we cannot detect them if they’re not as INT because we don’t have the spacecraft to do so either.
To maybe better break it down (and include D as a premise):
P1: No spacecrafts currently possible outside Sol
P2: If any being outside Sol was capable of comms, it would need to be at least as INT as us
D: If communications are impossible, then we must use a spacecraft
(D connection: Since spacecraft option is currently impossible according to P1, they need to be able to communicate with us which means they MUST be at least as INT as us, which is what the conclusion states)
Conclusion: THUS, if there are beings outside Sol, we can’t determine that if they aren’t as INT as us.
A: the conclusion isn’t concerned with ANYTHING inside Sol, only outside, so this doesn’t guarantee the conclusion.
B: aliens “wanting” to communicate doesn’t do anything for the conclusion which still says WE can’t detect other beings, so I crossed it out immediately.
C: This reads like a more complicated and reworded P1 which doesn’t guarantee the conclusion. P1 says no spacecrafts, answer C says part of P2, also no spacecrafts
E: It doesn’t concern itself with the main point of the conclusion, which is we can’t detect aliens unless they’re at least as intelligent as us. E reads a lot like a different wording of P2, which doesn’t help to guarantee the conclusion.
I thought being sentient meant being an intelligent being. D:
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i chose the right answer only cuz the other answer choices did not make any sense tbh
Why did this question seem extremely easy? Am I missing something?
WHY throw back to back curveballs as if I wasn't already struggling with this section
I feel like crying
but how do you know that we only have two options?? (spacecraft or alien intelligence) what if there is another way??
this question fucking sucks
faerheafewageatheagfSgasdr
I see it was hard for others, questions like these are a bootcamp in itself. Yeesh.
im gonna tweak fr
I had D then chickened out at the last second for no reason ugh!! need to be confident in my answers
i'm about to crash out
I swear to god
The LSAT reminds me of a father that I simply can never impress. Anytime that I think that I did something good, the LSAT always finds a way to put me right back in my place and throw something like this in my face. However, there is no better feeling than beating them at their own game. Not entirely sure how I will accomplish that, but I have a feeling it will involve at least another 100 hours of video tutorials and at least 5,000 more questions.
these questions are written by fucking maniacs
I'm only 15min into today's study time, and I'm over it with this question. jfc.
i translated to exist + determine --> as intelligent as humans. Then when I kicked the sufficient conditions up into the domain, i was left with "as intelligent as humans.
Then with the premises that we cannot spend any spacecrafts, and that sentient beings are at least as intelligent as humans, then they must not be able to send spacecrafts either. However, since we are in the domain of determining their existence and that they exist, we must be the ones to send the spacecraft. Does that make sense?
Anyway, next question please.
I am confused why we automatically assumed that we couldn't discover the aliens. How did he get that from the arg? I feel like the argument could go one way or another.
yeah so this makes absolutely no sense at all
I do not understand why he chose to set up the first sentence as exist -> (less int -> /determ)
instead of
exist -> (determ -> as int)
I feel like me translating the lawgic in this way set me up for lots of confusion in this question
Advice? thx :)
this question is absolutely wack
I'm never discovering the aliens
yeah.. this section is extremely humbling... it's so hard not to feel discouraged.
I had E as my chosen answer at first, and then I really thought about what the conclusion was and how exactly E could make it work.
The conclusion is if there are sentient beings, it is impossible for us to know unless they are as INT as us.
Why does their INT matter? At first glance, I thought E because of course in order to communicate with us they need to be at least as INT, so “bridge” made.
But the conclusion doesn’t have anything to do with other beings communicating with us, it’s whether or not we can detect them. If they can’t be detected through comms, then they’re not as INT. But what ELSE is stopping us from detecting them? The fact that we can’t send spacecraft out.
That’s what led me to pick D in the end, it’s the only answer that tells us that we cannot detect them if they’re not as INT because we don’t have the spacecraft to do so either.
To maybe better break it down (and include D as a premise):
P1: No spacecrafts currently possible outside Sol
P2: If any being outside Sol was capable of comms, it would need to be at least as INT as us
D: If communications are impossible, then we must use a spacecraft
(D connection: Since spacecraft option is currently impossible according to P1, they need to be able to communicate with us which means they MUST be at least as INT as us, which is what the conclusion states)
Conclusion: THUS, if there are beings outside Sol, we can’t determine that if they aren’t as INT as us.
A: the conclusion isn’t concerned with ANYTHING inside Sol, only outside, so this doesn’t guarantee the conclusion.
B: aliens “wanting” to communicate doesn’t do anything for the conclusion which still says WE can’t detect other beings, so I crossed it out immediately.
C: This reads like a more complicated and reworded P1 which doesn’t guarantee the conclusion. P1 says no spacecrafts, answer C says part of P2, also no spacecrafts
E: It doesn’t concern itself with the main point of the conclusion, which is we can’t detect aliens unless they’re at least as intelligent as us. E reads a lot like a different wording of P2, which doesn’t help to guarantee the conclusion.
Hopefully this helps somebody.
I thought being sentient meant being an intelligent being. D: