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[rdunley417]

I actually got this question right on the actual LSAT but when I was reviewing my answers I got it wrong choosing E). Now that I'm looking at it I see no reason why both aren't right. I'm looking to find out more why E) is wrong than why D) is right.

Thanks!

[schmid215]

I actually got this question right on the actual LSAT but when I was reviewing my answers I got it wrong choosing E). Now that I'm looking at it I see no reason why both aren't right. I'm looking to find out more why E) is wrong than why D) is right.

Thanks!

Notice that (E) indicates that the virtues of Temple's experiment outweigh the vices, but the author doesn't think that. Though he shows a little appreciation for Temple, it isn't all that much and his faults are more prominent than his virtues. Also being wrong in the way the other scientist's say he was implies suggests scientific imprecision.

[bearknowsthetrooth]

What's the difference between A and D?

[agutman]

Question Type: Inference (33-35)

This question requires that we use information in the text to make an inference about the author’s attitude towards the results of Temple’s experiment. Even if you got your scale right to start, and you have a decent understanding of the words semblance (outward appearance)
and rigor (thorough/accurate), this question is still quite difficult. Answer (D) is the correct answer ("quantitative experimental results... bolster scientific credibility" = rigor, and "superficially appeared" = semblance).

(A) is incredibly tempting, because of the two verbs in the sentence (the subject is "findings"); "were not carefully derived" = rigor, and "appeared" = semblance... But if we look a bit more carefully at what this answer choice says, we should realize that the word "not" (boldfaced above) makes this an incorrect interpretation.
(B) goes beyond the scope of the author’s claim _ we have no idea whether the author believes it is virtually impossible.
(C) "careful and accurate" = rigor, but there’s nothing about semblance here...
(E) "scientific precision" _ rigor, but there’s nothing about semblance here... also, creativity has no place here.

[erikwoodward10]

E is also contradicted by the text. E says that there is a "consensus" among experts, the text acknowledges that many scientists "found this dramatic and intriguing hypothesis plausible". We don't know that there weren't any experts in the second group.

[JIEL790]

Question Type: Inference (33-35)

This question requires that we use information in the text to make an inference about the author’s attitude towards the results of Temple’s experiment. Even if you got your scale right to start, and you have a decent understanding of the words semblance (outward appearance)
and rigor (thorough/accurate), this question is still quite difficult. Answer (D) is the correct answer ("quantitative experimental results... bolster scientific credibility" = rigor, and "superficially appeared" = semblance).

(A) is incredibly tempting, because of the two verbs in the sentence (the subject is "findings"); "were not carefully derived" = rigor, and "appeared" = semblance... But if we look a bit more carefully at what this answer choice says, we should realize that the word "not" (boldfaced above) makes this an incorrect interpretation.
(B) goes beyond the scope of the author’s claim _ we have no idea whether the author believes it is virtually impossible.
(C) "careful and accurate" = rigor, but there’s nothing about semblance here...
(E) "scientific precision" _ rigor, but there’s nothing about semblance here... also, creativity has no place here.

thanks, Agutman, please can you elaborate why the word"not" makes A an incorrect interpretation?