I think I have a much better way to explain why AC B is wrong:

I was coming at it thinking, "well, if the painting contains other real people, then the chances of this one guy being the painter are the same as the chances of any of the other real people depicted being the painter."

However, when you pause, take of your LSAT goggles, and just think logically (NOT lawgically) you see this: It's a historical painting of a real battle, so it follows that the 'real people from history' depicted will be real people who actually fought in that battle. So, if the painting depicts real soldiers and generals from that battle, why on earth would this random twerp be included? If anything, his inclusion would indicate that he did paint it, given that, although a real person in history, he was not one of the real people who fought in battle, and instead just a random self-absorbed painter who includes himself in his works.

I chose AC C because the verbiage lined up and it seemed to require fewer assumptions, but in getting too analytical with my response the largest point against AC C blew right over my head!

If political stability is the MOST important thing to consider when it comes to expanding operations, then why would the chairman even be discussing it at all? If political stability were the most important qualification for expansion and they were well aware that these countries were unstable, why would there be need any consideration at all? Much less further consideration.

@adm1118215 Couldn't have said it better. AC D is riddled with assumptions. Principle of which, in my opinion, is that we're made to assume it's even the same society that's making these coins? Nothing indicates this couldn't be unique, geographically aligned societies that functioned at different times.

Am I the only one who got tripped up by the fact that the author never explicitly states that he believed Stalin was a tyrant? Especially because he describes him as "extraordinary." I know he's a tyrant, you know he's a tyrant, but it never explicitly states that the author believes that.

I guess this is just another one of those questions that is exempt from what was presented as the all-encompassing rule to NEVER make assumptions. :(

@michelinka1232 I also answered C. But in retrospect, C forces us to make a pretty large assumption: that the monkeys can't just make both calls in quick succession. If they can (which why wouldn't they be able to?), this AC falls apart. Initially I figured "it says there's only two alerts, so the double call would constitute a third alert, therefore, it must be impossible." But in reality, saying two different words in quick succession doesn't amalgamate into a new word, it's still just two words; if a dog barks and then growls, this doesn't join together into a garkbrowl.

By this logic, I was able to sort out my thinking in blind review.

@Jamie A Abrams Wait i understand now sorrrryyyy... why cant we delete comments ),:

@Jamie A Abrams ****Replace Mercury with Uranus lol sorry....

#HELP Why wouldn't it be Neptune? The black swan is the one that disproved the white swan theory; By JY's own reasoning, the planet analogous would be the one that disproved Newton's laws. However, the planet that most directly caused the rejection of Newton's laws was Neptune?

If it weren't for Neptune, the discovery of Mercury would have SUPPORTED Newton's laws. The gravitational pull from Neptune is what called into question their understanding of gravity - thus enters Einstein's laws of general relativity.

They were still abiding by Newton's laws to find the dang planet Mercury.... (although this would be an outside assumption that wouldn't be brought into the reasoning of finding the correct AC, just wanted to note it)

@Jamie A Abrams ohhhh nvm

I fully understand by B is correct...but am I crazy in thinking that late=overdue? This test has required us to make far more elaborate assumptions than that in correct ACs.

Okay, here's my attempt at explaining why E is wrong.

While at the surface it seems to explain why TV executives devalue views as compared to Movie execs (duh! if the viewer's aren't paying, who cares how many there are!), it fails to account for the modern system of monetization.

Even though the viewer no longer pays out of pocket, "free" content is only free to us because advertisers pay per "CPM" (or $ per 1k views). So, this doesn't explain why execs wouldn't care about # of views. They're still paid per view, just from a third party.

Little note I made for myself that hopefully might help someone out there:

"Given its tone and content, from which one of the following was the passage most likely drawn?"

This is, by far, one of the dumbest question types in RC

• Hopefully, very rare

• Best bet is two-pronged approach:

  1. Is this descriptively accurate?

     • Ex. AC B would be eliminated here

     • Basically, is this factually accurate description of the content

  2. Does the tone, writing style & quality match?

     1. Get in the headspace of the goblins that write this exam; assume anything written in non-scholarly or literary setting is dull asf and for simpletons

        • If passage is something anyone dumber than a box of rocks would have troubles reading, eliminate any non-scholarly and literary mediums (magazine, brochure, etc...)

  3. Hope, pray and POE

@LiaVanderVeen You can delete it from the analytics in the drill section! Go to RC, history and then you can just wipe that one

@7Sage Tutor It's showing B as the correct answer but this response directly contradicts that? #help

@Bazooka66 This feels like a plant...JY, is that you?

Shallow Dip:

• Eliminate choices that do not match degree of certainty

  • Ex. If conclusion guarantees specific outcome, it can NEVER match an argument with a conclusion merely stating something is probable (and visa versa)

• Scan long answers to search for conclusion

  • Arguments must reach conclusion in the same way

• Look for same number of premises and conclusions

  • BUT, not necessarily in same order

• Look for same number of ideas in each argument part

• Look for logical terms that mean the same thing but might not be the same

  • Ex. Correct answer may use "usually" instead of "most", "assert" instead of "argue

    • BUT, essentially, logical terms that mean the same thing

You Try - Symptoms of Mental Illnesses -

Now that, JY, I have been trying.

@UpbeatPowerfulSubject #Help I also need this answered because like, if we negate this claim (If most or all of the teachers hired were under qualified, hiring more teachers WOULD improve the achievement of any students in the school district), the negation destroys the argument.

If we have an excess of under-qualified teachers (which solves our hiring issue) that would be able to improve individual achievement for any student in the school district, the conclusion that reducing class sizes would not improve overall achievement is impossible.

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Also, the distinction between overall achievement and individual achievement when applied to any student in the school district is ridiculous and dumb, and I refuse to pretend it's not.

@fmarshal90 I believe that if the the conclusion is prescriptive, a necessary assumption must be that whatever act, phenomena, etc... being prescribed is worthwhile. Otherwise, why would it need to be done?

And for descriptive, if the conclusion is descriptive, the NA is also likely descriptive, and definitely not prescriptive. If we're describing why a plant is definitely yellow, its NOT a necessary assumption that it should be that was. It just is.

@dylanemein NO FR. like when he started off about iced cream but added nothing helpful with that analogy....

Little key I made for myself:

PSA (LR Q#8) All Types: Prescriptive vs. Morally Descriptive Language

• When/ When not to conflate the two is very tricky!

• Often, wrong answer choices will use morally descriptive language in place of prescriptive

  • Seems correct, but is actually a trap answer

When to translate prescriptive to morally descriptive:

• When stimulus makes prescriptions based on moral judgements

  • Ex. Do not prank disabled individuals

    • Here, answers that are morally descriptive could be correct

When NOT to translate prescriptive to morally descriptive:

• When stimulus has nothing to do with morality at all

  • Ex. Do not forget to brush your teeth

    • Here, answers that are morally descriptive COULD NOT be correct

    • Brushing/not brushing arouses no moral judgements

I love how the "Evaluate" portion of WSE is just....not explained, lol

Hmmm, what about examples for variants 1 and 2? ya know, the ones least elaborated upon

@bboa158 I completely agree. I feel like, regardless of the heat resistance, the use of "only if" (in the sentence "only if that component were also comparable....") blows any other characteristic out of the water.

It clearly doesn't meet the necessary condition laid out, so it's resistance to heat is irrelevant. And, in my opinion, the "experimental vacuum tubes" part is just a red herring to confuse the test taker.

Here's my confusion regarding Answer Choice C:

Lets say a member who HAS rented more than 10 movies in the path month goes to the last location, let's call it the Walnut Lane location.

(10+ -> LL)

Let's say next time they go to the Main Street location, don't get the coupon, but later return for a 3rd visit to the Main Street Location. That time around, they would get the discount.

(10+ -> LL)

So, this member has successfully received the special discount code at more than one location!

I understand why it's not the choice here, but how on earth can JY claim this is an example of a "Must be False?"

Am I missing something?