Carl and Debbie.... names inspired by the U.S. TV series Shameless?

Can someone elaborately explain why AC A is incorrect? PLEASE #help

Passage put simply:

Referendums dimish the welfare of society because they (referendums: equal distribution of power) decrease the likelihood of governments to fund large-scale projects.

The NA here is that large-scale government projects sometimes enhance the welfare of society. Voilà, AC A!

To answer JYs rhetorical question:

Why do people have the tendency to feel more shame and guilt with a shorter sentence (less threat of harsh punishment)?

For ex. If someone robs a convenience store and knows that they may need to serve 25yrs in prison, then the consequence is so severe that they feel like the system would make them "pay the price" for it anyway. Hence, their feelings of guilt and shame are compensated for and make minimal space for those exact feelings on their conscience. It is almost as if the 1 year prison time merely teaches them a lesson whereas the 25 yrs can make the convicts feel like they are being fucked over just as bad as they fucked someone else/the law over. Plus, (maybe this is taking it a tad bit too far but here we go) if someone is willing to take such a big risk for a handful of cash then they probably didn't have much capacity to feel emotions of regret (hence their irrationality).

I am pretty sure Orange Is The New Black is the reason I was so interested in this hypothesis to begin with.

Advice of the day: BE RUTHLESS.

teat:

a nipple of the mammary gland of a female mammal, from which the milk is sucked by the young.

AKA: a formal, scientific version of "tits"

Flaw: mistaking a SA for an NA.

D says that just because books are used in traditional schools doesn't make them compulsory, traditional schools can also learn just from oral teaching, no books involved. So just cause books will be replaced by electronic media, doesn't mean it's the utter end of traditional schools.

I like that method and low key forgot about it. You can find the NA by negating the ACs and seeing whether it would break the bridge between P and C. If it breaks the connection then it is a required assumption!

Thank god this one was the last one, otherwise, it would have really tripped me up. I just bubbled in ACs when it came to the 5 min count down. Those questions were unconventional too damnn

I misread the stem by thinking it asked for the main conclusion, it is asking for an AC that shows a conclusion that would be supported by the premises in the stimulus. Finding the potential missing concluding sentence.

fricken double negative of "not dissastified" in AC D. I didn't get it the first time round but when reading it the second time, I switched the language in my head to "satisfied", made SOO UCH SENSE AFTER.

I love how much fun JY has reading the question to himself.

"Hepetologist.. hehe herpes.."

"..reptilian ball, hehe, bad example"

I want to be a "Model Student" one day

Premise:

Vlaws → Vlimits → Know for certain whether actions are legal

Conclusion:

Vlaws → Feel Secure

What you need to bridge the gap:

Know for certain whether actions are legal → Feel Secure

Or its contrapositive:

Feel Secure → Know for certain whether actions are legal

Correct AC:

A) People can feel secure only if they know for certain whether their actions are legal.

Group 2 indicator, "only if", a necessary condition.

Feel secure → Know for certain whether actions are legal (EXACTLY THE CONTRAPOSITIVE)

A LOT of assumptions had to be made here, I dunno. And, I should keep reminding myself of the nature of the stem. Knowing it is a weakening question while scanning through the ACs really helps with confidence and time.

I realized that a lot of correct AC's include the words "complement one another" (especially for main point questions, aka Q15)

WAIT. So who are the Continental writers referring to exactly?

I must remember that for stems like #2, "Which one of the following is an assumption made by the argument?", the word "is" means to find the NECESSARY ASSUMPTION.

Me: Sees the word "Renaissance"

Also me: NEXT.

I skipped this one and came back to it, there is no point in feeling discouraged only half way through the RC when the likelihood of the other passages being more interesting (hence, being easier to grasp) is high.

Got it right on the timed part and wrong on BR, only because I overthought it. The word "kind" in AC E) is what makes it the exception.

Depends, requires/required, relies + assume(s)(d)/assumption/properly inferred = NA

Same issue! I even tried it on the app but still no luck. I thought I was the only one!