Genuinely felt good about this one! Long time since I felt that way lol

#1 says it is not causal because it uses the phrase "tends to be" and then #2 is causal even though it uses "tends to be" ... ok

1. Weaken questions

Ask: Is there another reason this could have happened?

• If an answer introduces a different cause, it weakens.

• You’ve shown the author may be wrong about why it happened.

2. Strengthen questions

Ask: Does this rule out another reason?

• If an answer eliminates a plausible competing cause, it strengthens.

• The original explanation now has less competition.

@kianamalek646 A phenomenon is something that needs to be explained. A premise is evidence to prove something else. A phenomenon is the mystery; a premise is a clue.

I am not understanding how to apply what we've learned to assist us in answering LSAT questions like this

1/3 but I felt very confident on them. I don't even know what I don't know... do I just go back and try to learn it again?

Will we be taught in a future lesson how this can be applied to LSAT questions? Because I am currently not seeing it.

I am also about 5 years out of school and definitely don't have any relationships with my professors from 2020 still. I was planning on having my LOR written by the attorneys that supervise me at my current Paralegal job.

it's entirely possible

@BenBeecham Yeah I have that issue a lot where I make things more complicated than it is and then confuse myself... This has to be one of those cases. The past couple lessons have been incredibly disorienting to the point where I wonder if these breakdowns are necessary?

@MnM Same! I even felt super confident with my answer for 2 and got it wrong lol

@ChloeGeorge Click the magnifying glass next to the question, and when it opens up there should be tabs for explanation, analytics, and more

@eas1018 yeah if the words weren't on screen, I'd have no idea what he was saying

So it's just "put that thang down flip it and reverse it" again?

conjunction junction, what's your function?

I have been having trouble grasping this concept, but this video has helped me tremendously.

@MnM Gotta work on accuracy before you can conquer speed!

Was 30 seconds over, but got it correct. Although, I have been feeling very confused and frustrated by these concepts, so I am not sure if it was just a lucky get.

#help I got 0/5 because all of my answers were backwards.

For example, on question 3, the answer was:

bird → /tree

tree → /bird

But I put:

trees > /birds

bird > /tree

Why is this happening?

Finally finished well under the time average AND got it right! Woohoo

@CollinEsquirol It is not expecting background, but just grammatical understanding. The prefix "inter-" means "between" or "among". “Interglacial” literally means between glacial periods. The natural binary contrast is: glacial periods v interglacial periods.

@AdrianaBader Parallel Reasoning, Must Be True / Inference, and Necessary Assumption questions

“Does this tell me an exact position, or just a boundary?”

If it’s a boundary, don’t over-infer. The comparison may not have a clear winner. Be aware of the possibility of a tie between A and B.

• Negative comparatives give ceilings and floors, not locations.

When you see “more X to A than to B,” the comparison is between A and B, not between two versions of the subject.

If “than” repeats the preposition (“to,” “for,” “with”), the comparison is between the objects — not the subject.

@LydiaBoesel For Sci-Fi, I love Andy Weir books