LSAT 130 – Section 4 – Question 24

LSAT 130 - Section 4 - Question 24

September 2009

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Question
QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT130 S4 Q24
+LR
Sufficient assumption +SA
Link Assumption +LinkA
A
1%
154
B
75%
166
C
8%
159
D
9%
157
E
6%
157
146
154
163
 +Harder 146.168 +SubsectionMedium

J.Y.’s explanation

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The genuine creative genius is someone who is dissatisfied with merely habitual assent to widely held beliefs; thus these rare innovators tend to anger the majority. Those who are dissatisfied with merely habitual assent to widely held beliefs tend to seek out controversy, and controversy seekers enjoy demonstrating the falsehood of popular viewpoints.

Summary
The author concludes that creative geniuses tend to make people angry, and supports this with a series of conditional statements: because creative geniuses are anti-conformists, anti-conformists seek out controversy, and controversy seekers like to point out when people are wrong.

Missing Connection
The conclusion talks about making people angry, but we don’t discuss that anywhere in the premises. We were given a conditional chain that begins with creative geniuses and ends at demonstrating falsehood. We can make the argument valid if we assume that pointing out when popular beliefs are false is something that angers the majority.

A
People become angry when they are dissatisfied with merely habitual assent to widely held beliefs.
This answer choice would mean that creative geniuses are angry. We need to conclude that they make other people angry.
B
People who enjoy demonstrating the falsehood of popular viewpoints anger the majority.
This is a direct link from something that we know is a quality of creative geniuses (they enjoy demonstrating falsehood) to angering the majority.
C
People tend to get angry with individuals who hold beliefs not held by a majority of people.
We can’t assume that creative geniuses don’t have popular beliefs. We know that they don’t like habitual assent to popular belief: they don’t like it when people conform without thought. It’s possible that a creative genius would find a popular belief acceptable, given thought.
D
People who anger the majority enjoy demonstrating the falsehood of popular viewpoints.
This is switching sufficient and necessary condition. We need something that supports a conclusion about angering the majority. This supports a conclusion about demonstrating falsehood.
E
People who anger the majority are dissatisfied with merely habitual assent to widely held beliefs.
Similar to (D), this answer choice switches sufficient and necessary conditions. This supports a conclusion about having dissatisfaction with auto-conformity, or about not angering the majority. We need to support a conclusion about angering the majority.

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