Surprised to see this is a level 5 difficulty question..

How come I always get the easy questions wrong, and the hard questions right? It is like that for every type of question stem.

The ones I got wrong are like one or two level difficulty, I felt so stupid. And then I get everything correct for the four or five level difficulty,

Is it because I overthink too much on easy questions?

okay... okay... I start to get it..

I still don't understand why B is incorrect.. I thought we are suppose to take all the answer choices to be true, right? I understand "high CO2 -> vital to plants' respiration" might not be true in real life, but aren't we suppose to take everything to be true in the LSAT sense?

okay Pat, you win

I tried this one without watching the video, and I got it correct. I did the logic correctly but it took me soooo looooong... I really need tips on how to do them faster...

When we do this type of questions on the test, is it better to read all the answer choices first and then go into the passage?

I missed this question totally because I though horoscopes are determined base on birthdates alone. I mean if they were born on the same day, then of course they have the same horoscope.. Even after I watch the explanation video, I still don't get it. Only until I looked at the comment section I learned about how location can be involved too. I mean I got this one wrong but I don't think I'm at fault here....

For this lesson, my takeaway is that:

on the exam, we will be ask to weaken (or find true explanation for) the argument. All answer choices could be potential alternative hypothesis. The correct alternative hypothesis (answer choice) will be the one that, when it's true, explains the original phenomenon (and potentially strengthen the causal relationship? idk about this part). And it will weaken the original argument since the original conclusion (hypothesis) is no longer supported by the premises (phenomena).

Can someone correct me if I'm wrong?

this question took me 4 minutes to do, but I got it right, yay

If there were to be visual diagrams of bi- conditions, like the circles in earlier lessons, what will it look like? Or is that kind of visual diagrams not applicable to this anymore?

I feel like it is so crucial to fully understand the argument before diving into the answers. If you fully understood the argument and the point and the support structure, then some of the answers are so obviously wrong and you can go ahead and eliminate those w/o second thought.

That's how I got it correct. Understand the reasoning and point, and what the flaw is conceptually (not just knowing the verbatim of premise/conclusion), then use process of elimination. Once you understand the point by heart, you can spot the right answer even they use subtle/abstract wordings.

Does this type of conditional argument always follow a If... then... format? Can there be situations where the conditional argument is less obviously displayed? Can someone give me an example of that? Thank you

For example three: wouldn't the implied meaning of the sentence be "The empty lot will more likely be developed as a community center than not-a community center."? does this also work?

I need some explanations for questions 5.1-5.4.

for example:

Why would the object clause be " it is unable to lend its printed books and so displays them only when requested for an exhibition." instead of just " it is unable to lend its printed books"?

Pretty pleeeeease

my brain is fried