Q25 - S: It would be premature

[b91302310]

Is answer (C) incorrect because the view of authorities on which W relies on does not " conflict" with the view cited by S?

Could anyone explain it ?
Thanks

[ManhattanPrepLSAT2]

There are no direct evidence there that the authorities are different authorities, or that their views conflict with one another -

Here's an analogous argument:

Person A: "Carl doesn't seem very happy. He rarely talks, and when he does it's to complain."

Person B: "Carl tends to talk rarely when he is happy."

Notice, these two different people don't have to be talking about different Carls (just like we don't know the authorities are different ones), and it's not necessarily Carl who changes from one statement to another, but rather the author's interpretation of Carl --

Likewise, we don't know that the authorities views actually conflict -- it's possible BOTH for the authorities to disagree about the level of increase and to agree on a general range of increase (i.e. if some thought 1.5 degrees, others thought 3, they would disagree about exact #, but perhaps agree about range).

For those reasons, (C) is incorrect. Hope that helps! Please let us know if you need anything further.

[ban2110]

Could someone please explain to the "emphasizing the similarities" bit in the correct answer? I am struggling to reconcile this phrase with the stimulus.

Thank you so much!!

[Mab6q]

Not everybody at once

[ohthatpatrick]

Since these questions ultimately come down to matching language from the answer choice with language from the stimulus, check out W's paragraph.

Do you see any language that could match up with "emphasizing similarities"?

I see "there is a consensus among reputable investigators" ... so reputable global warming scientists similarly concur that global warming will be from 1.5 to 4.5 degrees.

Along the same lines, what language from W's paragraph matches up with "putting disagreements cited by S in perspective"?

We have "most scientists consider discussions of accepted ideas boring, and prefer to argue about what is not known."

== other answers ==
(A) this trap answer is on almost every single one of these questions. The 2nd dude never DENIES the evidence the 1st dude provides ... he only calls into question assumptions or brings up alternative interpretations/considerations, etc.

(B) no match for "accepting S's conclusion" .. nothing like "I agree, let's not do anything about global warming".

(C) the authorities mentioned by W are presumable the same as those mentioned by S ... both authors are talking about scientists arguing about how much global warming will occur, so there's no conflict there.

(E) "Circular reasoning" is wrong 99% of the time you see it on LSAT, as it is here. There's no way to match up what W said with anything in (E). W fully accepts the evidence S provided, but W presents it in a new light, "yes, they're arguing, but only because it's boring to discuss what's agreed upon. They all agree it will be SOMEWHERE in the 1.5 - 4.5 range."

Hope this helps