Question #1773

[mdbroker]

This question was an "identify the main conclusion" question relating to experts. I can't understand the difference between the choices.

Thanks

[noah]

I'm happy to help. However, our numbering system is a bit wonky. Can you please post the entirety of the question and both answers here? (Don't worry, they're--obviously--not LSAT questions, and we won't sue you for writing them out here! )

[zagreus77]

There is a problem with this question.  The conclusion in the passage is that one should never listen to experts. However, the answer choice given as correct is that one should not always listen to experts -- clearly a very different conclusion from the actual one.

[noah]

There is a problem with this question.  The conclusion in the passage is that one should never listen to experts. However, the answer choice given as correct is that one should not always listen to experts -- clearly a very different conclusion from the actual one.

Thanks! Can you please post the exact question text so I can find the question and fix it?

[zagreus77]

Here's the text. the answer is implied by the conclusion, but is not the conclusion itself.

Although the experts were right about a few things, they predicted that my team would lose the game, and we won it. This proves that one should never listen to experts.

Which of the following best represents the main conclusion of the argument?

Experts should not always be listened to.

Sometimes experts are wrong.



While the conclusion one should never listen to experts does imply that experts should not always be listened to, the reverse is not the case. Thus, the purported answer is not the same as the actual conclusion of the argument.

"It is always the case that experts should not be listened to" would be logically identical, and I presume that's what the question creator meant to write.

[noah]

Here's the text. the answer is implied by the conclusion, but is not the conclusion itself.

Although the experts were right about a few things, they predicted that my team would lose the game, and we won it. This proves that one should never listen to experts.

Which of the following best represents the main conclusion of the argument?

Experts should not always be listened to.

Sometimes experts are wrong.

While the conclusion one should never listen to experts does imply that experts should not always be listened to, the reverse is not the case. Thus, the purported answer is not the same as the actual conclusion of the argument.

"It is always the case that experts should not be listened to" would be logically identical, and I presume that's what the question creator meant to write.

Good point, we could have written the answer a bit closer to the argument. On this one, though, "best represents" is our saving grace!

[zagreus77]

Here's the text. the answer is implied by the conclusion, but is not the conclusion itself.

Although the experts were right about a few things, they predicted that my team would lose the game, and we won it. This proves that one should never listen to experts.

Which of the following best represents the main conclusion of the argument?

Experts should not always be listened to.

Sometimes experts are wrong.

While the conclusion one should never listen to experts does imply that experts should not always be listened to, the reverse is not the case. Thus, the purported answer is not the same as the actual conclusion of the argument.

"It is always the case that experts should not be listened to" would be logically identical, and I presume that's what the question creator meant to write.

Good point, we could have written the answer a bit closer to the argument. On this one, though, "best represents" is our saving grace!

Gotcha, but that's a lot of wiggle room being heaped on the " best represents" lingo.

If the question is maintained as is it could also go into the Ah Hah, with the question stem being what is implied by the passage above" or some other must be true formulation.