@Endritkasumaj In the first question of Passage A, only (B) can be found in the text.

(A) not mentioned

(C) not discussed

(D) author makes no point of this

(E) not discussed

Whereas, in this question, two of the answer choices (in my mind) are explicitly stated, meaning we have zero idea until we read Passage B.

For the question about Native People and Cameras, the correct answer is "cultures are shaped in fundamental ways by the technologies they use".

This phrase is correct because Ginsburg disagrees with Weiner, who is the one who considers it "technological determinism". What is Weiner's POV? That cultures are shaped by the technology they use. This is the core of the entire passage.

Then, why is it not "technology is exchanged in ways that appear to be predestined"? That is for two reasons.

(1) I think I have seen one replacement synonym answer actually be right. They are a red flag.

(2) J.Y. explains that technological exchange was like written to happen. As in like, 2000 years ago, a Native believed they would receive a camera. Common sense would tell you no, but since that's not a strong rebuttal for the LSAT, we also know it's incorrect because that's not even what Weiner says.

@Lola Yeah, provinces are only allowed to make legislature for education, health, etc., while states are fully in charge of themselves. Power starts with them, while in Canada, power starts with the federal government.

Provinces have no way of modifying the constitution independently. If you look at the Meech Lake and Charlottetown Accords you'll see Quebec pushing for their own recognition as a society. This had to be agreed on by the provinces, and then it had to be voted on nationally (in the latter's sake).

Meanwhile, US states carry their own legislations.

@Patni Also a total of -109 seconds on the first passage and 157 seconds faster on the 2nd passage. Totaling to almost a minute above pace. Pretty good

15/15. That feels awesome. Exactly 2 weeks until my LSAT. LFG

God this video's narration feels significantly more dated than 2017. Good old America

Still interesting from Canada

@erarabiameyer yeah he immediately attacks the conclusion (tradition) and then provides two new examples.

i immediately prephased that the answer might suggest that he responded by providing an alternative explanation

ob·tain

/əbˈtān,äbˈtān/

2.

FORMAL

be prevalent, customary, or established.

Fuck, i guess you learn something new everyday. I knew it was (A) because of POE, but I still went with (E) because I had no idea why it finished like that lol

@rdsilva1188 Haha almost a year late in response but you can tell the first sentence is not the conclusion because it subsequently supports the excerpt, meaning the second sentence is the main conclusion at the very least

@bernardjoon1261 probably since after WSE questions i just stopped listening to the stimulus explanations and skipped right to answer explanations.

most of these questions i can tell without mapping and the mapping just confuses me a lot more half the time when jy does it (in part its his writing i think lol)

Think about this sentence

"We should not allow [extinction] to occur unless we are assured that [extinction] will not jeopardize anything important to us."

You could get here through POE (Like I did), or through associating the word change with the perishing of species. Then, you can just change around keywords for it to kind of make sense.

As JY says, if anything after unless is triggered, then anything before unless should occur. So if Extinction will jeopardize something important to us, then we should not make that change (AKA preserving animals).

@ricardogonzalezwork-1 comments like these keep me through frustration and misery lol

@mattinjf I felt the same at the start of this section. I kept getting everything wrong, but I just practiced a little bit some questions and came back to it. While most of studying for the LSAT is practicing, I would practice these questions a lot. Reading the formatting helps you to point out flaws in each answer quicker I've found.

@Priya.goyal According to the Drill question selector, there are 209 Weaken questions, and 193 Strengthen in the Qs available on 7Sage

@Anibal C Perez I don't know if the assumption required is necessarily absurd. The paradox we are trying to resolve is why his performance opinions are unchanged from before/after the accusations. (A) asserts that "almost" (note the stim. says "almost half") all the people who think he is guilty (<50%) already thought his performance was poor. That puts both <50% crowds together by association.

It is the best answer of the five and that only one that actually explains the fact without adding confusion/more assumptions.

I got the answer right, but I don't really understand why D is right. We don't know whether Pat is a member or not?... so in that regards, how is D MBT?

#feedback I feel as if there should be more practice questions in this section. I think people are struggling with the lack of videos because you can't test what you've learned. If you could apply what you think you're learning, it's immediately more practical.