msdhir547

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PT146.S2.Q22

msdhir547

Wednesday, Sep 22 2021

I did choose C, but re-examining it I think one key thing for me is that the argument's conclusion is that "watching yourself exercise can lead you to exercise more". Not that it will work for 100% of people. So the conclusion is perfectly capable of accommodating the possibility that highly motivated participants as well as the section of the general public that is highly motivated are not motivated by watching themselves exercise.

I still think D is such a stretch, lol. But it is the best answer choice to me once I factor in the above.

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PT144.S2.Q14

msdhir547

Monday, Sep 13 2021

I was thrown by it as well. But to be fair, these don't have to be perfect assumptions. "Most helps to justify" just means close enough to get the job done (ie. a PSA)

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PT144.S2.Q20

msdhir547

Monday, Sep 13 2021

I think you're right. On these curve-breaking questions, it's really to do with trusting your intuition.

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PT117.S2.Q9

msdhir547

Saturday, Aug 21 2021

Still kind of confused since under AC C isn't it possible that a wine exists in which the reputation of the vineyard is bad but the materials and labor is so high that it inflates the price up. Thus it is possible that reputation always indicates the quality of the wines, but also that an expensive wine is not always a good wine. #help

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PT115.S4.Q1

msdhir547

Monday, Aug 16 2021

Yeah explanation should probably be updated. When choosing B I instantly thought that it was an assumption the argument hadn't thought of "well maybe the less stimulating routine isn't what affects the sleep, the baby just has more time to sleep as a consequence of a less busy routine". But that still wouldn't really weaken the argument. The argument's conclusion is that parents should reduce the amount of time the baby sleeps, and E shows why that's a bad idea.

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PT115.S3.P4.Q25

msdhir547

Monday, Aug 16 2021

Publishers do agree with that, but the key with this question comes in the last few lines of the last paragraph- the passage says that Internet users are used to treating information as raw, easily accessible material "available for everyone to use". The question was confusing since the passage seems to imply that a majority of Internet users are researchers anyway, so one may make the assumption that they wouldn't care if a minority of Internet can no longer access the information. But that is an assumption we are not supposed to make, since the information we are given states that everyone on the Internet wants everyone to be able to access it.

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PT113.S4.Q20

msdhir547

Saturday, Aug 14 2021

Going to write this out for those like me who were thrown off by the stimulus' use of the word "primarily" and ruled out AC A. It's a bit long, and it may be overcomplicated to those who got the question instantly.

So, if you're like me, then when you read in the stimulus that "one who aids others primarily out of a desire for praise does not deserve praise for that aid" you thought to yourself, well the word "primarily" indicates that there can be secondary desires to your actions. The stimulus does not say that one of those secondary desires cannot be the desire to help others.

So if we take the inverse of AC A, which is basically "it is possible for one to be motivated for the praise of others as well as want to help others", wouldn't that be covered by the argument?

But that's precisely the problem. The thing that made it click for me is the stimulus' usage of the word "a" in "people merit praise only for those actions motivated by a desire to help others." Not "the desire" or "the primary desire". A desire.

Under this premise, it would be possible for someone to have a primary desire for praise instead of helping others, and a secondary desire to help others, and they would get away with meriting praise. But that goes directly against the conclusion which says that the primary desire cannot be for praise.

So, to solve this, we must assume that even if there can be secondary desires to helping people, there can be no overlap in an action's motivations between the desire to help people and the desire for praise. The desire to help people could even be a secondary desire to a different primary desire (maybe religion or something, idk), but it just cannot be a secondary desire to the desire for praise. Alternatively perhaps AC A would have clicked more if it said "an action that is primarily motivated by a desire..." under this analysis.

Not sure if this is 100% accurate but I hope it helps anyone stuck on that word!

Lessons · Skill Builder - Distinguishing Sufficient v. Necessary Assumption Question Stems

msdhir547

Wednesday, Jul 14 2021

Idk if the LSAC would ever use this, but I think it's possible to phrase an NA question with the word "if". For example: "Which one of the following would render the argument null if not assumed?"