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My problem with answer choice C is that the stimulus's conclusion stipulates that they are "ALMOST" certainly not the work of the same poet. Therefore, the argument leaves open the possibility that both works were authored by Homer, even though this is very unlikely given their differences. Question choice C refers to only one modern writer who produced two works that differ to the same degree as the Iliad and Odyssey, but for all we know, this could be an extreme edge case. Hence, the conclusion in the stimulus could still logically follow.
Proud that I identified the contradiction before reading the answer choices
Trash question. Wtf was that grammar? I got it right through process of elimination, as all the other answers were not plausible. Still, who wrote this question lol.
I do not like this one.
That "most people recognize that anecdotes tend to be about unrepresentative cases" does nothing to explain why people tend to have accurate beliefs about society. We're told that most people do not pay attention to statistical information, so what then is the source of most people's accurate beliefs? Are we to assume that, all things being equal, people's beliefs about society tend to be accurate, such that without the influence of misleading anecdotes, their beliefs are all G.
I chose C because it does more to explain the source of most people's accurate beliefs: Uninteresting, but accurate, statistical information can be repackaged as anecdotes, which we know most people have an attraction to.
C has problems, of course. The stimulus says that "anecdotes are generally misleading," which seemingly contradicts the idea that there exists an abundance of these stealth anecdotes containing accurate statistical information that are the source of people's accurate beliefs. Still, I find it to be a stronger answer choice than B.
@LadyMidnightGlamour Just ordered both! Thank you so much and will lyk what I think.
I’ve been working through The Loophole by Ellen Cassidy, and it’s been extremely helpful so far. I’m hoping to find similar resources, but specifically geared toward Reading Comprehension—would love any recommendations.
@LSATTAKER I don't think it weakens the argument at all. The advertisement only claims that the VersaTool's wide variety of functions is such that, should you get it, you will experience fewer instances of having to use additional tools than if you had gotten any other multi-function tool. The argument says nothing about cost. The VersaTool could cost a million dollars, and it would do nothing to weaken the argument. In QC, the second multi-function tool is an additional tool that you would ostensibly need to use, whereas the Vera is said to reduce the need for additional tools more than any other single multi-function tool.
Good question