@soniaarun127 a paranoid part of me suspects that a disproportionate amount of correct answers for these parallel questions might actually be D or E as to act as a time sink for the unwary. #epsteindidntunalivehisownpersonhood

This is beautiful- can’t think of a lesson that had such overwhelming positive agreement amongst commentators. Go get ‘em kids!

@ferry052 those were higher difficulty questions too! Well done!

@ps939 I believe the correct spelling is dum-dum. ….jk. But also, look at my profile pic.

This section has been brutal. I find myself going back and forth on difficulty 2-3 questions. But I got this one with time to spare.

@JeromedoesLSATPREP I feel like this is the right space to drop a Dan Marino comment. Ok, not directly applicable but it relates to the video(-ish).Dude was a legend, one of the greats, never won a Superbowl. Not necessary. Swim hard, pard!

@EliBerkley that’s a sign that the algorithm respects you!

Before taking the question I noticed that it had more than twice the number of comments as the prior questions and I said to myself, "Guy, that's a 5-star difficulty, buckle up".

@Shannell_E'llan yep, the lack of clarity in the questions, the repetitions, not to mention strategic ambiguity are a hallmark of LSAT questions and answers both. A person, or other intelligently designed creature will struggle to apply normal language and logic processing formulas to ascertain meaningful information. I’m there with ya!

5/5! including two LinkA which are my bane. Know your enemies!

@KaylenRodriguez yah, the groups aren’t selected at random. Different populations- not a clean experiment.

@clarktoo I’ve seen/heard/read from multiple sources to focus on competency first -several of the questions in this section were 4-5* difficulty. I suspect you’re there. If you got them correct(or mostly so); then you need to evaluate speed. If you can hold onto your mental models long enough (and well enough) without scribbling then you could be saving seconds per question.

Personally, I’m having trouble holding long conditional chains together and end up re-reading a bunch. So you’re not alone in trying to find your best path to victory. Good luck!

+00:31 - that’s fine since this is practiceville but I’m leaning more and more toward the idea that on a PT (or live exam) if I like answer A or B I should just go with it and move along.

A great example of the inherent value of staying present in the question. Very trappy - stay paranoid!

@ManusWeber good call! Lemons can be converted into lemonade.