LSAT 130 – Section 4 – Question 24
LSAT 130 - Section 4 - Question 24
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Type | Tags | Answer Choices |
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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
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146 154 163 |
+Harder | 146.168 +SubsectionMedium |
J.Y.’s explanation
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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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LSAT PrepTest 130 Explanations
Section 1 - Logical Reasoning
- Question 01
- Question 02
- Question 03
- Question 04
- Question 05
- Question 06
- Question 07
- Question 08
- Question 09
- Question 10
- Question 11
- Question 12
- Question 13
- Question 14
- Question 15
- Question 16
- Question 17
- Question 18
- Question 19
- Question 20
- Question 21
- Question 22
- Question 23
- Question 24
- Question 25
- Question 26
Section 2 - Reading Comprehension
- Passage 1 – Passage
- Passage 1 – Questions
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- Passage 3 – Passage
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- Passage 4 – Passage
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Section 3 - Logical Reasoning
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