"Here's a principle about how its okay that people, on occasion, make mistakes. Anyway heres a random scenario of a surgeon going all Cyberpunk 2077 to mess up the way you see geometry" what????
What helped me the most here was the piecemeal analysis method discussed in lesson 2. I just highlighted the conclusion descriptor and Premise descriptor of each answer choice and then compared each to the conclusion and premises of the stim, and that helped me do POE effectively.
I realize we're using shorthand here to categorize different kinds of conclusions and arguments to answer multiple choice questions, but saying one 'should not necessarily' do x is not a prescriptive conclusion. It is normative conclusion, but not prescriptive. It's not simply academic, because one could imagine a question in which there was scope shift between a broadly normative claim that was not prescriptive and one that was prescriptive, where that scope shift would be relevant. Consider an argument where a premise that established one should not necessarily do x, and a conclusion that claimed therefore one should do y. That's a relevant scope shift from a modal premise about the lack of an obligation to a prescriptive conclusion. Both are normative, but only one is prescriptive.
I narrowed it down to C and E, but ultimately chose E incorrectly because the concept of making a judgement about how appropriate it is threw me off. ughhhh
All i understood about this question was that it was reasoning by analogy and ruled out every other question from that. I still have no idea really what the argument is trying to say.
@Tobykenobi it's such a dumb argument, but the author is saying that "people shouldn't rid themselves of their tendency to mistake how an event will affect their happiness" because, by analogy, "if our brains interpret two parallel lines as converging, it would be a mistake to correct that perceived deficiency" because it actually isn't deficient
It's essentially the context that is laying the groundwork for the argument. It's saying "people tend to make errors...but people shouldn't try to change this tendency."
These questions to me are just good old fashion reading comprehension. How well does the answer summarize the argument. Your ability to pinpoint is just reading comprehension IMO.
I still have faith in all of you even if you're getting these wrong.
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Ngl, saw an analogy presented in the stimulus. Saw the word "analogous" in (C) and sent it lol
"Here's a principle about how its okay that people, on occasion, make mistakes. Anyway heres a random scenario of a surgeon going all Cyberpunk 2077 to mess up the way you see geometry" what????
What helped me the most here was the piecemeal analysis method discussed in lesson 2. I just highlighted the conclusion descriptor and Premise descriptor of each answer choice and then compared each to the conclusion and premises of the stim, and that helped me do POE effectively.
This feels more convoluted than a three star come now!
I felt like I was losing a brain cell reading this
I was stuck between E and C and ultimately went with E oops
What
I realize we're using shorthand here to categorize different kinds of conclusions and arguments to answer multiple choice questions, but saying one 'should not necessarily' do x is not a prescriptive conclusion. It is normative conclusion, but not prescriptive. It's not simply academic, because one could imagine a question in which there was scope shift between a broadly normative claim that was not prescriptive and one that was prescriptive, where that scope shift would be relevant. Consider an argument where a premise that established one should not necessarily do x, and a conclusion that claimed therefore one should do y. That's a relevant scope shift from a modal premise about the lack of an obligation to a prescriptive conclusion. Both are normative, but only one is prescriptive.
that was a weird one
making psychologists look bad, what meaning does this hold at all?
@EmeryBeals why does anyone do anything?
i would take the surgeon up on that offer
The passage felt like a dream
What a garbage argument lol, probably the worst one on the LSAT I've seen yet
ok FINALLY i got these last two right. i genuinely was going to quit.
I narrowed it down to C and E, but ultimately chose E incorrectly because the concept of making a judgement about how appropriate it is threw me off. ughhhh
why would i think two parallel lines ever converge
@MarcoLofaso i guess depending on optical perspective, parallel lines appear to converge as they approach the horizon
@RyanAlexander //
All i understood about this question was that it was reasoning by analogy and ruled out every other question from that. I still have no idea really what the argument is trying to say.
@Tobykenobi it's such a dumb argument, but the author is saying that "people shouldn't rid themselves of their tendency to mistake how an event will affect their happiness" because, by analogy, "if our brains interpret two parallel lines as converging, it would be a mistake to correct that perceived deficiency" because it actually isn't deficient
I cannnot understand how the first sentence relates to the rest of the paragraph.
Thanks! I don't know why I couldn't see it before.
It's essentially the context that is laying the groundwork for the argument. It's saying "people tend to make errors...but people shouldn't try to change this tendency."
that trick we learned in lesson 2 really helps!
what trick??????????????
omm been clutching for me. We back in the game baby!!!
@Bazooka66 don't leave us hanging!
I got the answer right I was just so thrown off by the strength of the analogy lol
grammar is a bitch.
These questions to me are just good old fashion reading comprehension. How well does the answer summarize the argument. Your ability to pinpoint is just reading comprehension IMO.
I still have faith in all of you even if you're getting these wrong.
I got this right and was able to POE pretty quickly but man this argument some buns
grammar is king grammar is king grammar is king