<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" > <channel> <title>Temporal Fallacy – LSAT</title> <atom:link href="https://www.manhattanprep.com/lsat/blog/tag/temporal-fallacy/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://www.manhattanprep.com/lsat</link> <description>LSAT Course Offerings, LSAT Prep Courses, Tutoring & LSAT Practice Resources | Manhattan LSAT Prep</description> <lastBuildDate>Fri, 30 Aug 2019 17:12:02 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en-US</language> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2</generator> <item> <title>#MovieFailMondays: Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (or, How Movies Can Teach You About Logical Fallacies and Help You Ace the LSAT)</title> <link>https://www.manhattanprep.com/lsat/blog/moviefailmondays-star-wars-episode-ii-attack-of-the-clones-or-how-movies-can-teach-you-about-logical-fallacies-and-help-you-ace-the-lsat/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Shinners]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2015 23:22:44 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Applications & Admissions]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Just for Fun]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Law School]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Logical Fallacies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[LSAT Strategies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movie Fail Mondays]]></category> <category><![CDATA[attack of the clones]]></category> <category><![CDATA[exclusivity fallacy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[exclusivity flaw]]></category> <category><![CDATA[law school admission test]]></category> <category><![CDATA[logical fallacies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Logical Reasoning]]></category> <category><![CDATA[LSAT]]></category> <category><![CDATA[LSAT Prep]]></category> <category><![CDATA[LSAT Strategy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movie fail mondays]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movie fails]]></category> <category><![CDATA[star wars]]></category> <category><![CDATA[star wars episode II]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Temporal Fallacy]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.manhattanprep.com/lsat/?p=5631</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Each week, we analyze a movie that illustrates a logical fallacy you’ll find on the LSAT. Who said Netflix can’t help you study? 🎥📖 A new millennium. A new Star Wars film. What could go wrong? In short, so many things. 2002 saw release of Episode II: Attack of the Clones. First fallacy – why start with Episode II? When […]</p> <p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.manhattanprep.com/lsat/blog/moviefailmondays-star-wars-episode-ii-attack-of-the-clones-or-how-movies-can-teach-you-about-logical-fallacies-and-help-you-ace-the-lsat/">#MovieFailMondays: Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (or, How Movies Can Teach You About Logical Fallacies and Help You Ace the LSAT)</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.manhattanprep.com/lsat">LSAT</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><img decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-5633" src="https://cdn2.manhattanprep.com/lsat/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2015/11/blog-mfm-episodeii.png" alt="Blog-MFM-EpisodeII" width="676" height="264" srcset="https://cdn2.manhattanprep.com/lsat/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2015/11/blog-mfm-episodeii.png 676w, https://cdn2.manhattanprep.com/lsat/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2015/11/blog-mfm-episodeii-300x117.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px" /><em>Each week, we analyze a movie that illustrates a logical fallacy you’ll find on the LSAT. Who said Netflix can’t help you study? <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/14.0.0/72x72/1f3a5.png" alt="🎥" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/14.0.0/72x72/1f4d6.png" alt="📖" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /></em></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A new millennium. A new </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Star Wars</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> film. What could go wrong?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In short, so many things.</span><span id="more-5631"></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">2002 saw release of </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="//www.imdb.com/title/tt0121765/" target="_blank">Episode II: Attack of the Clones</a></span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. First fallacy – why start with Episode II? When the first </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Star Wars</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> was released and later renamed </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Episode IV</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, it promised a prequel trilogy that would one day thrill moviegoers. But then </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Episode II </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">was released, and people were just confused – where’s </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Episode I</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">? I mean, it’s not like <a href="//www.imdb.com/title/tt0120915/">a terrible </a></span><a href="//www.imdb.com/title/tt0120915/"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Star Wars</span></i></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="//www.imdb.com/title/tt0120915/" target="_blank"> movie was released in ’99</a> that I’ve since erased from my memory, right?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The movie starts ten years after some intergalactic trade dispute which is never shown (NEVER SHOWN) and doesn’t really make much sense. And the movie only goes downhill from there.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Internet, I tried to rewatch the film in its entirety for this article. I really did. But I didn’t quite make it through. Here are some logical flaws committed in the film and by the characters up to the point where I angrily smashed my Blu-Ray player with a plastic lightsaber in frustration.</span></p> <ol> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">There’s an assassination attempt on Padme’s life made with a droid filled with bugs, for some reason. It doesn’t make sense to me, either – I’d ask for my money back. As soon as the plan is thwarted, both Jedi protectors abandon Padme to fly on a droid back to what they assume will be the assassin. If I’m the assassin? I program the most damning piece of evidence any prosecutor will have (the attempted murder weapon) to fly someplace no one will ever find it, while sitting nearby in case the plan fails. Jedi’s on the run? Now’s the time to take out Padme.</span></li> </ol> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In chasing the droid, the Jedis committed a classic exclusivity flaw – this is an assassination attempt, therefore it’s the only possible assassination attempt. When you treat one possibility as if it’s the only one, you’re in trouble.</span></p> <ol> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Count Dooku (a name that strikes fear into your heart, right?) is dismissed as a potential villain by the Jedi because he used to be a Jedi Master.</span></li> </ol> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wait, what? He was a member of your order, and then left because his faith in it was shook? Therefore he can’t be a villain? That’s some bad reasoning there, Yoda.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">You’ve committed two flaws. First is a temporal one – just because someone used to be “good” doesn’t mean they’ll continue to be so. Even if Dooku was good during his time as a Jedi, people change. Second is equating Jedi with being good – surely there have been some bad seeds over the years, right? You even warn your students about falling to the Dark Side of the Force – a legitimate fear in the series, not a scary bedtime story told to children to get them to practice their Jedi mind tricks. Equating “Jedi” with “good” will probably lead you to some problems. Like, I don’t know, when a promising young Jedi that you’ve previously had qualms about suddenly goes rogue…</span></p> <p><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter" src="//ow.ly/V1soW" alt="" width="500" height="296" /></p> <ol> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Here’s something that probably should have raised more eyebrows – the Clone Army is being raised to fight against the Separatist drone army. The droid army is recently built. The Clone Army was started 10 years ago.</span></li> </ol> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Good thing the clones were commissioned before the threat existed!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This is a classic case of causal thinking overriding people’s logic. We all know that the cause can’t happen before the effect. However, if there’s a plausible story to be told, it’s easy for us to forget that. It makes sense – the peaceful Republic would obviously grow an army only to fight a threat, not as a proactive defense mechanism. So since it makes sense the Clone Army was commissioned to fight the Separatist Droid Army, we go along with it.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">So did the Jedi. Big mistake.</span></p> <p><img decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-5637 aligncenter" src="https://cdn2.manhattanprep.com/lsat/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2015/11/clones-3-gif.gif" alt="Clones 3 GIF" width="410" height="218" /></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At this point, my brain could take no more. Tune in next week to see how far I can get into </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="//www.imdb.com/title/tt0121766/" target="_blank">Revenge of the Sith</a></span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">! <em><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/14.0.0/72x72/1f3a5.png" alt="🎥" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/14.0.0/72x72/1f4d6.png" alt="📖" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /></em></span></p> <hr /> <p><em><strong><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-5255 size-thumbnail alignleft" src="https://cdn2.manhattanprep.com/lsat/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2015/07/matt-shinners-150x150.png" alt="matt-shinners" width="150" height="150" /><a href="https://www.manhattanprep.com/instructors/matt-shinners/">Matt Shinners</a> is a Manhattan Prep instructor based in New York City.</strong> After receiving a science degree from Boston College, Matt scored a 180 on his LSAT and enrolled in Harvard Law School. There’s nothing that makes him happier than seeing his students receive the scores they want to get into the schools of their choice. <a href="https://www.manhattanprep.com/lsat/classes/#instructor/61">Check out Matt’s upcoming LSAT courses here!</a></em></p> <p> </p> <p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.manhattanprep.com/lsat/blog/moviefailmondays-star-wars-episode-ii-attack-of-the-clones-or-how-movies-can-teach-you-about-logical-fallacies-and-help-you-ace-the-lsat/">#MovieFailMondays: Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (or, How Movies Can Teach You About Logical Fallacies and Help You Ace the LSAT)</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.manhattanprep.com/lsat">LSAT</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>#MovieFailMondays: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (or, How Movies Can Teach You About Logical Fallacies and Help You Ace the LSAT)</title> <link>https://www.manhattanprep.com/lsat/blog/moviefailmondays-indiana-jones-and-the-last-crusade-or-how-movies-can-teach-you-about-logical-fallacies-and-help-you-ace-the-lsat/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Shinners]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2015 22:51:41 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Applications & Admissions]]></category> <category><![CDATA[How To Study]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Just for Fun]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Law School]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Logic Games]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Logical Reasoning]]></category> <category><![CDATA[LSAT Strategies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movie Fail Mondays]]></category> <category><![CDATA[best LSAT prep]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Conditional Statements]]></category> <category><![CDATA[films]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Harrison Ford]]></category> <category><![CDATA[implicit conditionals]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Indiana Jones]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]]></category> <category><![CDATA[law school admissions test]]></category> <category><![CDATA[logical fallacies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[LSAT]]></category> <category><![CDATA[lsat movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[LSAT Prep]]></category> <category><![CDATA[lsat prep help]]></category> <category><![CDATA[LSAT Strategy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movie fail mondays]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movie fails]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Perception vs. Reality Flaw]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sean Connery]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Temporal Fallacy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[unidirectional conditionals]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.manhattanprep.com/lsat/?p=5495</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Each week, we analyze a movie that illustrates a logical fallacy you’ll find on the LSAT. Who said Netflix can’t help you study? 🎥📖 Indiana Jones – an amazing series of two movies that unfortunately also had two other films with the same name to dilute the awesomeness. Telling the tale of daring archaeologist Indiana Jones, the series follows his […]</p> <p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.manhattanprep.com/lsat/blog/moviefailmondays-indiana-jones-and-the-last-crusade-or-how-movies-can-teach-you-about-logical-fallacies-and-help-you-ace-the-lsat/">#MovieFailMondays: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (or, How Movies Can Teach You About Logical Fallacies and Help You Ace the LSAT)</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.manhattanprep.com/lsat">LSAT</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-5503" src="https://cdn2.manhattanprep.com/lsat/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2015/11/blog-mfm-indianajones.png" alt="Blog-MFM-IndianaJones" width="676" height="264" srcset="https://cdn2.manhattanprep.com/lsat/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2015/11/blog-mfm-indianajones.png 676w, https://cdn2.manhattanprep.com/lsat/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2015/11/blog-mfm-indianajones-300x117.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px" />Each week, we analyze a movie that illustrates a logical fallacy you’ll find on the LSAT. Who said Netflix can’t help you study? <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/14.0.0/72x72/1f3a5.png" alt="🎥" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/14.0.0/72x72/1f4d6.png" alt="📖" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /></em></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Jones">Indiana Jones</a> – a</span>n amazing series of two movies that unfortunately also had two other films with the same name to dilute the awesomeness.<span id="more-5495"></span></p> <p><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="" src="//27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lh8ra34J5G1qztqsao1_500.jpg" alt="" width="660" height="497" />Telling the tale of daring archaeologist Indiana Jones, the series follows his pulp-style exploits in rescuing precious artifacts, historically significant items, and damsels in distress. With a smirk, bullwhip, and fedora, Indy single-handedly caused every child to consider a career in archaeology and Nazi-hunting (the former thwarted by a lack of jobs; the latter thwarted by a lack of Nazis).</p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the first film, Indiana Jones manages to uncover the Ark of the Covenant and melt some Nazi faces. In the second, he travels back in time (or it was a prequel – I didn’t pay much attention, as it’s not as good as the others) to do something with a jewel. I’m a little fuzzy on the details. And finally, in the third movie, he discovers the resting place of the Holy Grail, which had thwarted knights, treasure seekers, and Monty Python for generations. And yes, finally – there was no other Indiana Jones movie after </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Last Crusade</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. *fingers in ears while saying La-La-La-La*</span></p> <p>In the final (Yes, final! Stop ruining my childhood!) film, Indiana Jones tracks his father down to rescue him from – you guessed it – Nazis searching for the Holy Grail. After a series of improbable stunts, escapes, and fights, the entire cast ends up in a temple in the middle of a chasm. Three riddles are given to pass the booby traps that protect the room holding the Grail.</p> <p>Thus enters our logical fallacies.</p> <p>Being a badass, Indiana Jones doesn’t commit a logical fallacy. Instead, he avoids three in surviving the traps. You didn’t think I was going to ruin this film, too, did you? George Lucas can do that just fine by himself.</p> <h3><strong>1. Only the penitent man will pass</strong></h3> <p> </p> <p><img decoding="async" src="//www.starling-fitness.com/wp-content/uploads/The-Three-Trials-from-Starling-Fitness.png" alt="" /></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The first booby trap involved a series of blades meant to decapitate anyone who didn’t understand the riddle. Indiana Jones, however, quickly figured it out – if you are penitent, then you kneel. By waiting for the proper time and then taking a knee, Indy was able to overcome the first obstacle.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And, in doing so, he was able to properly equate to terms. A penitent man isn’t the same as a kneeling man, but a penitent man does kneel.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">There are similar ideas on the LSAT that overlap, conditionally, in one direction. For instance, if you win, we know you didn’t lose. But if you don’t lose, we don’t know that you won – you could have tied. Similarly, a kneeling man isn’t necessarily penitent (he could be a quarterback in a huddle), but if you’re penitent, then you kneel. Watch out for these <strong>implicit and unidirectional conditionals</strong> on the test!</span></p> <h3><strong>2. Only in the footsteps of God will he proceed</strong></h3> <p> </p> <p><img decoding="async" src="//www.starling-fitness.com/wp-content/uploads/The-Word-of-God-Name-from-Starling-Fitness.jpg" alt="" /></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A series of cobblestones with letters. An obscure phrase written in the diary of a Sean Connery. A hundreds-foot fall if you make a mistake. To most of us, this is death. To Indy, it’s just another day at the office.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Looking at the letters, Indy realized he would have to hop onto the tiles that spelled the name of God. And he almost made a mistake, jumping first onto a “J” (for Jehovah – seriously, watch the movie, it’s awesome).</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">But he quickly realized that he was committing a <strong>temporal fallacy</strong>, and he’d have to fix it. In modern spelling, the name starts with a “J”. However, back when the temple was made, it would have been an “I”. Realizing that things true today weren’t necessarily true in the past allowed Indy to survive the temple, and it’ll allow you to survive test day.</span></p> <h3><strong>3. Only in the leap from the lion’s head will he prove his worth</strong></h3> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A huge chasm. Yet another chance to plummet to his death. A fate almost as bad as being forced to star in a <a href="//www.imdb.com/title/tt0367882/">terrible film featuring aliens and fridge-based nuclear survival devices</a>.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Indy realized that not everything is what it seems, however, and stepped out onto a hidden ledge that, thanks to a handy optical illusion, appeared invisible.</span></p> <p><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Leapoffaith.jpg" alt="" width="667" height="556" /></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">His “faith” was really just a recognition of the <strong>perception vs. reality flaw</strong> – just because people perceive something a certain way doesn’t make it true. This flaw commonly shows up on the LSAT when dealing with surveys asking about opinions – don’t fall for it.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Also, don’t think this means you should step out into chasms because there might be a hidden path there. That’s a bad idea, and I won’t accept any liability for your actions in that regard.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A fedora. A whip. And an uncanny ability for avoiding flaw-based traps. Indy would have made a pretty impressive lawyer. <em><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/14.0.0/72x72/1f3a5.png" alt="🎥" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/14.0.0/72x72/1f4d6.png" alt="📖" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /></em></span></p> <p><iframe loading="lazy" width="500" height="375" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zhkXmaEYMl4?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p> <hr /> <p> </p> <p><em><strong><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-5255 size-thumbnail alignleft" src="https://cdn2.manhattanprep.com/lsat/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2015/07/matt-shinners-150x150.png" alt="matt-shinners" width="150" height="150" />Matt Shinners is a Manhattan Prep instructor based in New York City.</strong> After receiving a science degree from Boston College, Matt scored a 180 on his LSAT and enrolled in Harvard Law School. There’s nothing that makes him happier than seeing his students receive the scores they want to get into the schools of their choice. <a href="https://www.manhattanprep.com/lsat/classes/#instructor/61">Check out Matt’s upcoming LSAT courses here!</a></em></p> <p> </p> <p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.manhattanprep.com/lsat/blog/moviefailmondays-indiana-jones-and-the-last-crusade-or-how-movies-can-teach-you-about-logical-fallacies-and-help-you-ace-the-lsat/">#MovieFailMondays: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (or, How Movies Can Teach You About Logical Fallacies and Help You Ace the LSAT)</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.manhattanprep.com/lsat">LSAT</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>