Thank you, VanishingTA! The way you explained it in terms of conditionality helped me see that the argument reverses the necessary and sufficient.

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I'm not getting this one.

if the only motives that influence all human actions arise from self interest, then why wouldn't self interest be the chief influence? It seems like self interest should be the main influence because all motives influencing human action arise from self interest.

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I understood this one because Q, erroneously affirmed the necessary, but going forward do we take the word assures to be sufficient?

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I understood the lawgic of both arguments but don’t exactly understand how the lawgic of AC (D) relates to the arguments. I broke down the stimulus and every AC but still had trouble with this one. Can anyone break down AC (D) as it relates to the arguments? Thanks ahead of time.

I agree...

1. The accuracy of a given set of reports are in question.

2. An independent group is given the identical set of reports to determine accuracy.

Provided there was no dishonesty by the group that generated the first report, the flaw is that there is a possibility that this independent entity may arrive at the same conclusion, therefore additional information might be needed to verify if the reports are indeed accurate.

Thank you.

Thank you for pointing out "Telling" = significant.

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I understand why D) is correct but chose B) because it seemed like Lee did offer an alternative explanation for the change in attitude-- awareness of life expectancy.

Congratulations....wonderful news!

Thank you for pointing out the word “tend”

I got trapped by this one.

Wisdom of the Sages

Lawgically Speaking

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I got this one wrong and had a hard understanding this and piecing the elements together in my mind. I did not make the inference that should have led me to the correct answer about the water level being lower in the past in order for the stalagmites to form. Also, I didn’t make the association that the water level had to be low enough for the water drops to hit the floor.

Any suggestions on how to think about questions like this going forward?

Thank you for your feedback. Perhaps I’ll go back and BR it after working my way through some of the CC.