Q7 - An artificial hormone has recently

[tamwaiman]

I choose (D), and the answer is (B). (corrected, sorry for typo before)

Can someone please explain the following:
(1) why (D) is incorrect?
(2) how to define the "analogy" and "generalization" in the LSAT world?

Thank you.

[bbirdwell]

First of all, the answer is (B), which is very close to the answer that you chose.

1. (D) is close but ultimately falls short for two reasons: no analogous case is cited, and implementation is not shown to be "impossible" -- it's merely implied that implementation would be difficult or cumbersome.

2. Analogous case is probably defined just as you would imagine it. Milk production could be compared to corn production, for example. Generalization is probably also defined just as you would imagine it -- taking a narrow, specific example, and applying broadly (ie this salsa tastes bad, therefore all salsa taste bad).

I surmise you have made the error of thinking that the grass and grain are used here as analogous cases to milk production, but that is not correct -- grass and grain are each a PART of milk production, not separate examples!

[tamwaiman]

Hi bbirdwell

I got it. Thanks for your explanation.

[texasrangersjb]

I chose D, but started to see why B is correct. Here's my revised train of thought.

Premise: Imagine trying to list every synthetic ingredient used in grass that cows eat or in other substances related to the production of milk.

Conclusion: The proposal made by lawmakers that milk labels should be required to have labels that declare the artificial ingredients in the milk should be rejected.

(B) under perfect implementation of this proposal, it would lead to some pretty crazy consequences. Having to list every synthetic ingredient would in fact be a consequence of the proposal. I didn't catch the fact that milk could be affected by the synthetic ingredients used in the food cows eat but this answer makes a lot more sense after seeing that.

(D) In the last sentence of this passage when it says to consider the consequences of such a proposal, when it mentions having to list the fungicides to keep grains fresh, that can definitely come across as an "analogous" case. And while the argument doesn't explicitly state that implementation would be impossible, the exclamatory sentence starting with 'imagine...' seemed to leave the door open that he's implying that this would be impossible. But again, he doesn't outright say that this is impossible, and I definitely see where B is right.