I thought for a few minutes why (C) is wrong. I think it is wrong because, more than anything else, it doesn't act as a part of the justification. That is, even if (C) were necessary for the actual coordination system to be effective, it's not really a factor contributing to the justification of the...

(A) would apply to a reasoning like: The last two times I flipped a coin, it came up at heads. Thus, it must be that the chance of getting a tail is low. In terms of this passage: Colonization has not happened yet. Thus, colonization has a low probability of occuring. The author's not saying that co...

I really think that C is incorrect. The question asks for the role of the reference to the "complaint." But the complaint is not an example of a cultural change. Rather, the cultural change should be the phenomenon that oral culture is supplanted by literary media. The complaint is not an ...

At first, I eliminated (B) due to the word "stated." But now I tealize tgere's a bigger problen with the answer choice: There is no relevant evidence given in the passage-- So according tp (B), there's no reaon that the book should be read as a tragedy! I.e. (b) does not give a reason for ...

If two phenomena are strongly negatively correlated, I would say that they have strong correlation with each other. However, when LSAT says that "A and B are correlated," it seems to mean only that they are positively correlated, not negatively correlated. Example: http://www.manhattanlsat...

I picked (D), precisely because it is a valid argument.

The passage presents a valid argument, but (A) doesn't.

The passage is valid because alligators are reptiles; but grass need not be green plants......

(A) was not that tempting to me in the first place. This answer choice is a "should not " argument. The conclusion is a " should " argument. An argument that one should not act in one way is irrelevant to determining whether one should act in another way. Ruling out numerous LSAT...

But isn't negative correlation also correlation; and hence A B C and D are all correct? I'm trying to understand LSAT's usage of the word correlation.

But I've thought, in the LSAT world, that "A is B" means that A is equivalent to B. For example: consider the statement: "A triangle is a polygon with three corners or vertices and three sides or edges which are line segments." In this statement, "A is B" means that A ...

I assert that the answer for this question is wrong. I say so because the negated statement of the answer, (A), is still compatible with the argument of the passage. Note that the conclusion of the passage is that computers cannot currently be made SIGNIFICANTLY faster. Then, the argument can still ...

I would like to propose a different explanation as to why (E) is wrong. I think it is because of the word "proportional." For two objects to be inversely proportional, it must be that if one is multiplied by k factor, the other must be multiplied by 1/k. In other words, in this question, (...

One reason I think (B) is wrong because of the phrase "harmful to the nonconforming individual."
Look at line 7-11: Only the goal of preventing harm to others (not that of preventing harm to the nonconforming individual himself) is the mentioned justification for social conformity.

The third paragraph of this passage was confusing to me the first time I read it. Now that I look at it, I think that the author's argument in lines 37-44 in the passage is a digression that does not contribute to the main point of the passage. Here's why I think so: The main point of the paragraph ...

I think (C) is wrong because of the second part of the clause. It is true that the problem has caused "the appearance of [economists' view of] prosperity"; but nowhere in the passage does it indicate that such appearance of prosperity "has directed attention away from solving [the pro...

What if they tend to be static or slow changing, but not just ar a rate (i.e. At a lesser rate than) in a situtation where companies don't hire freely?

Hi. I really don''t like (C) because I can't find any support for it. "Sometimes there is no more effective means of controlling an agricultural pest than giving free rein to its natural predators." -->> this statement is compatible with the statement that in other times, other means...

Here is my take on why (A) is wrong. I think (A) is wrong because the result of the earthquake that is referred to in the passage is not pertaining to a population; rather, it pinpoints two particular houses next to each other, one wood-frame and one masonry. On the other hand, suppose that the pass...

I actually think that the term justifiable is legitimate in answer choice (A) -- it just means "explainable." But I think that the reason that (A) is wrong is that the paragraph does not clearly indicate whether the conclusion is: 1) crime rate alone does not explain the increAse in covera...

Yeah, so I think the reason that (B) is wrong is thAt it says nonaggressive rather than nonviolent. The excerpt tells us that violence is distinct from self-expression, not aggression; and since violence is a subset of aggression (as indicated by the first sentence of the excerpt), there may indeed ...

In response to the previous replier, who said: "It seems as if the test wants us to take the Economists reasoning ("which is surely correct") as fact--- I just don't see why we should be able to make this leap." The question explicitly states that we are assuming that the economi...