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PT130.S4.Q23
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ericjwilliams285
Wednesday, Jul 28 2021

#help

Can someone help me understand why I'm crazy?

On B I re-arranged it as follows:

Person 1: Suppose there were eight meteorite craters of different ages in a straight-line

Person 2: Ok, go on...

Person 1: There is no known natural cause likely to account for this.

Person 2: "You mean like FUCKING meteorites?"

How can meteorites not explain eight meteorite craters in a row of different ages? Are we saying that meteorites are not natural?

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ericjwilliams285
Tuesday, Jul 27 2021

Ruhlena I felt that a few days ago and I took some days off. My fear is when I feel like I'm in a rut and continue, I'm developing bad habits.

I used to lift weights and a common piece of advice was "listen to your body."

As concerns the LSAT, it's more like listen to your brain, emotions, etc. When I'm "sore," it tells me I need to take a break before I do more harm than good.

I had to get over the fear of, "If I take time off I won't get the highest score possible." Now it's the opposite.

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PT123.S4.P3.Q15
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ericjwilliams285
Monday, Jul 26 2021

#15 seems like a big premise to the author's conclusion...

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PT123.S4.P3.Q15
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Monday, Jul 26 2021

When the distribution for a main point is that fucked up I have no problem questioning what this test is actually designed to test...

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PT104.S2.P2.Q12
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ericjwilliams285
Saturday, Jun 26 2021

12 is such a good example of how (time permitting) you need to read the other answer choices.

Also a good example of how a better answer resides just after a seemingly good answer.

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PT104.S2.P2.Q7
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ericjwilliams285
Saturday, Jun 26 2021

For 7 I chose B. I think they want me to think it's incorrect because the passage states that the ethical standards were similar, it was the enforcement that was the difference. But if they enforced it more then is it that unreasonable to say that they were able to in turn maintain them? No but the LSAT is retarded.

I think this is one of the numerous instances of the LSAT giving you a shitty correct answer choice, the true test being can you eliminate the even shittier answers. The absurdity of this test becomes more apparent by day. For harder questions, it's increasingly becoming a game of can I determine how they want me to think as opposed to there being any consistent or reasonable pattern.

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PT101.S4.P4.Q26
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ericjwilliams285
Friday, Jun 25 2021

For 26, do you really have to concede to something to answer the question?

The author takes issue with Drescher's explanation, and says it is answered by Eltis. This does not have to equate to Eltis intentionally answering the question, or agreeing with anything.

In other words, if I read author A and B, and I find A lacking, and in turn use B to make up for A's lack, does that mean B agrees with A? No.

I read it as the author was able to explain a lack of Drescher by way of Eltis. But does this mean Eltis would agree with it? Not necessarily, but the LSAT is retarded so...

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PT130.S3.Q17
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ericjwilliams285
Friday, Jun 25 2021

Once again, here's how fucking stupid the LSAT is.

If it did in fact impact the entire brain, then how do I know whether the sources of functions are localized?

It could go either way.

JY says how am I going to say they were distinct if it affected the entire brain? Exactly. That's why it's such a shit answer, if it affects the entire brain how does that tell me whether or not the functions are localized or compartmentalized. It affected the entire brain, I can't tell either way.

It impacted the entire brain, and because because they had the same source of control, they were all impaired.

It impacted the entire brain, and because they did not have the same source of control, they were all impaired nonetheless, BECAUSE IT IMPACTED THE ENTIRE BRAIN.

Holy shit.

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PT130.S3.Q16
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ericjwilliams285
Friday, Jun 25 2021

My issue with C is it says that 1/2 price or less (than half price).

Using JY's example, what if the $8 eggs were 90% off.

Even if they were the most expensive, we don't know the discount and thus we don't know the quantity required to achieve the comparison. It doesn't resolve shit but opens more questions, how much did you buy and at what discount?

The LSAT is fucking stupid.

I'm willing to bet had this question been a lower level of difficulty they would have simply removed C and made B the right answer.

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PT101.S4.P2.Q12
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ericjwilliams285
Thursday, Jun 24 2021

#help

How is 12 not E?

If they ruled that it does not apply, how does that not clearly reflect the fact it was considered? How do you rule something out without considering it lol?

In making their ruling they definitely must have considered the concept of abandonment if they ruled it out. They fact that may have lead to another concept doesn't prevent the abandonment having been considered prior, which is explicit.

So the reason they buried it was not because of abandonment but abandonment wasn't considered for the ruling?

Fuck the LSAT.

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PT132.S3.P3.Q20
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ericjwilliams285
Saturday, Jul 24 2021

#20

I think C is better, the fact that less time is allotted would indicate how influential they are. They more influential the more time allotted. Give how crazy the leaps are in RC I don't think it crazy to say the more influential the more time I would allot.

The fact that some people watch foreign less doesn't mean they have less access, I could just as easily say they are less influential (less in demand).

He rules out C for assumptions but then makes the assumption that time allotted is related to access. I mean not even a dude who is paid to do this for a living can explain this...

#fucktheLSAT

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PT132.S3.P2.Q8
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ericjwilliams285
Saturday, Jul 24 2021

#8

I don't see how you go from need more evidence to determine pervasiveness to that being required exclude.

The passage states that there is more support for one theory, but more evidence is needed to establish just how pervasive the effects were. The evidence isn't to exclude other theories, it was to establish the pervasiveness of one of the three.

God I hate this fucking test.

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PT132.S3.P1.Q6
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ericjwilliams285
Saturday, Jul 24 2021

#6

JY does a pretty shitty job of supporting A. He simply underlines two words twice and says it "seems really good."

The best evidence is in line 36-37 "his writings wonderfully articulate his [social] vision."

His explanation is just lazy, and he fails to show how within the context they articulate the author's attitude. I caution against thinking because a concept appears twice you have evidence of the author's attitude.

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PT128.S1.P2.Q12
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ericjwilliams285
Saturday, Jul 24 2021

I agree with the other guy, the support for 12 comes from the end of the third paragraph and beginning of the fourth. No idea what he is talking about here...

It's like he's pressed for time and justifies answers with anything he can come up with. Hire more people...

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PT121.S3.P4.Q21
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ericjwilliams285
Friday, Jul 23 2021

#21

Doesn't it clearly say that "When embryos of different species are at one- or few-cell stage development [after polarity was established], the mechanism they use for development are vastly different."

How does this not support D?

7/8 but fuck this test

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PT121.S3.P2.Q8
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ericjwilliams285
Friday, Jul 23 2021

#8

I don't understand how he asks "But it is acceptable?" and then refers to acceptable as being to restrictive.

I mean it clearly refers to a tradition. I would have to think that in order to be a tradition there is some level of acceptance...The correct answer then refers to achievements. I mean, if they are achievements, it's safe to say they have received some form of acceptance....

Fuck this test is so stupid.

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PT120.S1.Q22
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ericjwilliams285
Sunday, Jun 20 2021

If they were the only one doing it, it would increase the harm.

No one doing it = no harm.

Add one person doing it, increases the harm.

But if other people are doing it too, are we sure it's increasing the harm? If they stop doing it, and other people are, we might say stopping might reduce.

But if other people are doing it too, then are we sure it increases? Perhaps it just maintains the level of harm without increasing it.

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PT120.S1.Q19
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ericjwilliams285
Sunday, Jun 20 2021

Here's my take.

The assumption is that the total will go down.

If one stays at zero, and the other is cut in half, the total goes down.

But if the switch causes the zero to no longer hold, even if the other is cut in half, the total may not drop.

I think the assumption is that the zero will hold. If it does not, the total may not fall.

0 + 12 = 12

3 (few) + 6 = 9. At least a few, but what if more than a few, what if 6 new natural plus half of vaccine (6) leaves you right back to where you started?

I think this is one of those problem solution, where the solution actually just creates more problems.

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PT120.S1.Q6
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ericjwilliams285
Sunday, Jun 20 2021

#help Did anyone else have trouble with this predictive idea? I don't know why the models become predictive models. Does a model imply it is predictive?

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PT121.S1.Q18
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ericjwilliams285
Sunday, Jun 20 2021

A doesn't seem that bad - even if it has fewer negative consequences it can be bad.

Electric has less pollution, but it it's contribution to bad means it could be bad.

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PT122.S2.Q11
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ericjwilliams285
Saturday, Jun 19 2021

#help Is C really that bad? If Aerobic exercise increases something good and it's harder to remove the good how does that not strengthen?

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PT120.S2.P1.Q5
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ericjwilliams285
Monday, Jul 19 2021

My issue with 5 E is that I feel I would have a hard time saying that someone mediating could not be considered an indirect role.

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PT121.S4.Q13
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ericjwilliams285
Saturday, Jun 19 2021

I still think E is better. It shows they could have believed her but showed gave different evidence greater weight. Thus the fact they they found not guilty does not mean they don't believe her.

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PT120.S3.Q15
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ericjwilliams285
Wednesday, Jun 16 2021

Couldn't you say that being desensitized meant it was higher than it really was and in turn caused violence?

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PT120.S3.Q20
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ericjwilliams285
Wednesday, Jun 16 2021

Is he not stating a necessary condition is self-contradictory though? And thus the claim?

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Friday, Mar 06 2020

ericjwilliams285

Passage View - Digital

Is there a way to have the entire passage display (no questions to the right of the passage)?

I am using an iPad and trying to practice RC.

Thanks

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