exactly i thought it was ad-hominem and Chester was attacking the paper in that they have bad writing anyways so why listen to whatever they say. UGH.

I live in London and I'm signed up for June '21...would love to join!

Interested!

i was confused with this too but if you think about it, it does make sense, because peat moss comes from sphagnum moss, which adds oxygen to the atmosphere, and by taking peat moss from the environment, you're reducing the oxygen going into the atmosphere.

and it tests your attention to detail which is very much needed as a lawyer. it still a sucky question i know lol.

"what a terrible argument, somebody should slap this guy." loll idk why that had me cracking up for minutes.

me toooo! i kept vacillating between C and D and went for D ugh!

I'm interested! We are scoring about the same and my goal is 170+.

I cant believe i did the exact same thing JY did by choosing D...I just picked it and moved on.

Lesson in paying close attention to detail which is VITAL to LSAT success.

ouch. i was so sure of C

I've been sitting here stewing over this argument for the longest time only for things to click hrs later.

The main difficulty for me was understanding the stimulus.

It's basically saying that a new law should not be repealed just yet. Why? Because while in the short term it's going to be painful, we don't know what the long term benefits may be.

The principle that then justifies this conclusion is that we should focus mainly on the long term consequences (would've been nicer if the LSAT used benefits instead of consequences), rather than the short term consequences. Wow glad I finally understand and hope this helps anyone struggling!

But for AC B, doesnt the stimulus negate the second half? When it states that "many mass extincitions did not follow major metro impacts." Im so confused please #help

Who else did a double take with the sentence "although through traffic does cause noise..." whats through doing in there? #help

Haha same!

I would love to jump in to this!! I work full time as well and try to spend every moment im not working studying lol

I think it does touch on MP1 as well, just in a subtler way...when it talks about the effects of groundwater bacteria, traffic vibrations, changing groundwater, etc these are all complex attributes of the geological system that are unable to be understood... its annoying and hard to see ( I initially picked E) but I think its a better answer choice than the rest.

I feel like i would have gotten this question right if the LSAT had written "they aroused the public's interest"... would have made it clearer to see the distinction. Darn.

/ Inc Discipline ---> / FOT

For number 20 when JY explains why AC A is wrong, doesn't he just explain how biological laws are more difficult to discover than physical laws, therefore affirming the AC?...#help i'm very confused. thank you.

I chose C then switched to B on BR, mainly because of my interpretation of recollection. I had thought that since the commissioner had inaccurately read the report, he only had bits and pieces of the info in his mind to base his decision on, rendering them incomplete in his mind...silly me. Lol.

No AC D is saying that the argument fails to consider that two different methods of investigation can yield the same results,

so the argument is flawed because it believes that the different results can only be explained by there being different methods...hope this makes sense.

I know it took a while for it to click for me too...

Basically D is correct because it weakens the premise that the seals are not the cause for the cod decline by saying that the seals are eating the cod's staple food, which might lead to less cods in existence.

You're right B explains why the cod population is decreasing but its saying this is due to an alternate factor (water pollution) and not the seals, so it strengthens. Hope this helps.