im sorry but the explanations on some of these questions make the bridge to the answer choice more confusing. I fear it's not realistic for me to find an inferred mystery premise within the time limit to answer these questions. sometimes I have to watch these videos multiple times and even then I still don't understand.
Can someone please explain how "One should never sacrifice one's health in order to acquire money" would be "acquire money sacrifices health -> should not acquire money"...? When I first read this, the conditional that I drew up was "in order to acquire money, one should never sacrifice one's health" which would be "acquire money -> /sacrifice one'e health"...
I chose E because I did not confidently identify the conclusion. At this point you think I would because MC/MP is at the core of all the questions that got me this far, but for some reason, I totally neglected to do that here. If you identify that money is part of the conclusion, it is much easier to pick out what must happen for the conclusion to be true.
Got this in 3:22 when I almost gave up -- do not rush, allow yourself to really think through (they give you the conclusion--the correct answer choice should support the conclusion, much like a premise or principle would)
This question had me as confused as a homeless man on house arrest. I got it right after awhile but it was by far one of the most difficult questions I've seen.
These explanations have GOT to stop making such drastic leaps without referencing why something is being done. For instance, the reframing bit at the beginning, along with "kicking the sufficient conditions into the premise set", felt so overwhelming to have thrown at you. Just feel like the last three explanations have done nothing to actually help me understand where I went wrong. Maybe I need to go over the grammar portion again, because I am not getting these SA questions at all.
I went with A, but it didn't feel right because instead of feeling like an assumption, it felt like the conclusion. Turns out, it was pretty much just a restatement of the conclusion...which means that the conclusion is kind of an assumption? That doesn't make this confusing at all...
I realized during the blind review that this became much easier after I switched the placement of the premise and conclusion, and added a "thus," before the conclusion. Then I could see what needed to be assumed to make things logically work.
i definitely need to go back to the grammar section (I only completed 50%) because this section has me F'd up. I have no idea the difference between prescriptive v descriptive anything, idk what he means when he says kicking it up into the premise set. This is so frustrating ughhh
I find it more straightforward to think of the premises in this case as:
P1: acq $-----> sacrifice health (not health)
P2: not health----->not happy
MP: acq $------> not happy
C: Should not acquire money
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im sorry but the explanations on some of these questions make the bridge to the answer choice more confusing. I fear it's not realistic for me to find an inferred mystery premise within the time limit to answer these questions. sometimes I have to watch these videos multiple times and even then I still don't understand.
#PLEASE HELP I HAVE A 157...
Can someone please explain how "One should never sacrifice one's health in order to acquire money" would be "acquire money sacrifices health -> should not acquire money"...? When I first read this, the conditional that I drew up was "in order to acquire money, one should never sacrifice one's health" which would be "acquire money -> /sacrifice one'e health"...
Please help... please...
I chose E because I did not confidently identify the conclusion. At this point you think I would because MC/MP is at the core of all the questions that got me this far, but for some reason, I totally neglected to do that here. If you identify that money is part of the conclusion, it is much easier to pick out what must happen for the conclusion to be true.
Someone tell me that makes sense!
I cannot read the writing in the video. It makes the video very hard to follow and understand.
Got this in 3:22 when I almost gave up -- do not rush, allow yourself to really think through (they give you the conclusion--the correct answer choice should support the conclusion, much like a premise or principle would)
This question had me as confused as a homeless man on house arrest. I got it right after awhile but it was by far one of the most difficult questions I've seen.
These explanations have GOT to stop making such drastic leaps without referencing why something is being done. For instance, the reframing bit at the beginning, along with "kicking the sufficient conditions into the premise set", felt so overwhelming to have thrown at you. Just feel like the last three explanations have done nothing to actually help me understand where I went wrong. Maybe I need to go over the grammar portion again, because I am not getting these SA questions at all.
THREE CURVEBALLS, Lord help me I can't do this
I hope the November lsat chills out with these :(
I went with A, but it didn't feel right because instead of feeling like an assumption, it felt like the conclusion. Turns out, it was pretty much just a restatement of the conclusion...which means that the conclusion is kind of an assumption? That doesn't make this confusing at all...
I realized during the blind review that this became much easier after I switched the placement of the premise and conclusion, and added a "thus," before the conclusion. Then I could see what needed to be assumed to make things logically work.
Jesus I am getting COOOOOOOOKED on these
i am not getting these level 5 questions
Yeah so today was not the day to humble me severely over and over again
I got this correct initially but switched to [E] during blind review because the "only if" was taunting me...
crashing out
i definitely need to go back to the grammar section (I only completed 50%) because this section has me F'd up. I have no idea the difference between prescriptive v descriptive anything, idk what he means when he says kicking it up into the premise set. This is so frustrating ughhh
i literally took a 20 minute break after getting the last one wrong and then proceeded my break to be trampled by this question
I hope I'm tasty when I get cooked, at least
i'm cooked
"Oh thank God.. finally a short question stem!" reads question stem ... "Omg...."
Oh this question is diabolicial
conclusion: never sacrifice health for money
premise: cannot obtain happiness without health --> aka health is necessary for happiness
happiness --> health
/health --> /happiness
sacrificing health for money translates into:
money --> /health -->/happiness
author is saying: you should NOT trigger the above chain (DON'T act such that money --> /health -->/happiness)
BUT if we can acquire money without triggering the chain (aka without sacrificing health and therefore happiness), then that should be fine, right?
"You Try - Sacrificing Happiness for Money"
No thanks, I don't wanna go into big law.
I find it more straightforward to think of the premises in this case as:
P1: acq $-----> sacrifice health (not health)
P2: not health----->not happy
MP: acq $------> not happy
C: Should not acquire money