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This stimulus is a bunch of facts about how people relate to each other. No argument, no conclusion. Just a set of facts we need to piece together. Let's break them down one at a time.
Fact 1: If you're kind to someone, you want that person to prosper.
Fact 2: Even two people who dislike each other may treat each other with respect. (In other words, disliking each other does not guarantee that they won't treat each other with respect.)
Fact 3: No two people who dislike each other can be fully content in each other's presence. (Dislike each other → not fully content.)
Fact 4: Any two people who do not dislike each other will be kind to each other. (Don't dislike each other → kind to each other.)
Fact 1 and 4 can be chained together:
Don't dislike each other → kind to each other → want each other to prosper
And the contrapositive of that entire chain gives us:
Don't want each other to prosper → not kind → dislike each other
We can extend that chain one more step by adding Rule 3:
Don't want each other to prosper → dislike each other → not fully content in each other's presence
Or, reading the contrapositive of that:
Fully content in each other's presence → don't dislike each other → kind to each other → want each other to prosper
Since this is a Must Be False question, we're looking for a statement that cannot be true given the counselor's rules. The standard here is certainty. We need an answer choice that directly contradicts something provable from the stimulus.
We know from the chain that anyone who is fully content in someone's presence must want that person to prosper. So any answer claiming you can be fully content around someone without wanting them to prosper would violate the rules. That's not the only potential correcte answer, though, so let's keep an open mind.
Analysis by Kevin_Lin
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