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@ZoeLight I am struggling to believe that "physically benign" (PD) is just a descriptor of the monster in question. In reading the sentence, we see that if a monster is physically benign AND it inspires revulsion, then it is horrific. This fits nicely with the prior logic in that physically benign is really not physically dangerous (!PD) in disguise.
I broke my logic down like this:
"To be horrific [H], a monster must be threatening [T]": H -> T
"If a monster is physically dangerous [PD] then it is threatening [T]": PD -> T
"...a physically bening [!PD] monster is horrific [H] if it inspires revulsion [IR]": !PD & IR -> H
Therefore: !PD & IR -> H -> T
From my understanding, the student was correct in stating "I thought when a sufficient condition has AND you need to trigger both sufficient to guarantee the necessary condition. Whereas if it said OR you only need to trigger one of them." I believe !PD & IR -> H -> T better fits this understanding.
I don't believe the explanation in the video is correct in ignoring !PD for being "irrelevant". I believe answer choice E appropriately captures the importance of being not physically dangerous.
@Adam Facing this too. When doing the adaptive drills, I’m immediately told whether I got the answer right or wrong and what the correct answer is (is there a toggle for this?). The AI every time tells me that I should be doing blind review on these problems, but how can I do blind review when it tells me the answer? I asked, and it said:
“Good question — and it's a fair frustration with how the adaptive drills flow. The key is to do your "blind review" thinking before you submit each answer, since you're right that the correct answer appears immediately after.
Build the review into your first pass. On any question where you're not 100% confident, pause before submitting and force yourself to articulate:
Why the answer you're choosing is right
Why each of the other four is wrong
If you can't cleanly do that, flag it mentally (or note the question number) as one to revisit even after you've seen the answer.”
Not my favorite response, tbh.