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Remember that LSAT question of those monkeys living in a landfill

ljl probably my favorite part of my legal “education&r...
contagious casino sex offender
  01/08/22
Link?
Flushed gunner
  01/08/22
23. Garbage dumps do not harm wildlife. Evidence is furnishe...
Flushed gunner
  01/08/22
d
dun factory reset button legend
  01/08/22
I couldn't decide between A and D but now see you are right....
Flushed gunner
  01/08/22
Doesn’t the population growth of hyenas suggest it&rsq...
Khaki theater
  01/08/22
Fuck you're right
Flushed gunner
  01/08/22
...
Glittery indian lodge pozpig
  01/08/22
The issue I initially had with D is that you could see pop g...
brindle personal credit line
  01/08/22
Sure thing. Best thing for the wildlife population would be...
appetizing property
  01/08/22
I think the implication is the pop raise because food supply...
Khaki theater
  01/08/22
And there’s no other answer remotely close
appetizing property
  01/08/22
The main thing is that the other three can be eliminated on ...
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  01/08/22
i don't think the issue of regulation has anything to do wit...
marvelous hideous chapel
  01/08/22
Lol no it’s because the hyena population is growing ne...
appetizing property
  01/08/22
Yeah this is pretty straightforward, wtf lol
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marvelous hideous chapel
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Dude Lol Ok this guy edited his post to not look like ...
Glittery indian lodge pozpig
  01/08/22
I need to reword it, lol
marvelous hideous chapel
  01/08/22
The argument is in the first sentence, it's about wildlife.
brindle personal credit line
  01/08/22
obvious cr jfc xo2021
Very tactful native macaca
  01/11/22
it does not "support" the argument. it merely does...
concupiscible alcoholic son of senegal
  01/11/22
hyenas have nothing to do with the argument and you can't re...
Hyperventilating flickering point
  01/13/22
Yeah who gives a shit about hyenas north of the reserve. It ...
pontificating exciting corner hissy fit
  01/08/22
You fucking idiot the argument involves all wildlife includi...
appetizing property
  01/08/22
Think you misunderstood my point. It’s fine you are ha...
pontificating exciting corner hissy fit
  01/08/22
What was my misunderstanding friend
appetizing property
  01/08/22
This is a good explanation. https://forum.powerscore.com...
pontificating exciting corner hissy fit
  01/08/22
I guess you can quibble about whether it truly “suppor...
appetizing property
  01/08/22
From what I remember (it’s been 18 years) correlation ...
pontificating exciting corner hissy fit
  01/08/22
Whatever the absolutely right answer may be in some aspie hy...
brindle personal credit line
  01/08/22
(guy who picked A first explaining to you how the LSAT works...
pontificating exciting corner hissy fit
  01/08/22
Fair.
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concupiscible alcoholic son of senegal
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razzle-dazzle french dog poop ticket booth
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the reason A isn’t right is that it provides an altern...
dun factory reset button legend
  01/08/22
cr. isn’t this obvious?
Mauve soul-stirring stag film
  01/08/22
D is the only answer that doesn't cast doubt on the argument...
Hyperventilating flickering point
  01/13/22
Is this real?
Fluffy aqua forum
  01/08/22
Oct 1996
Flushed gunner
  01/08/22
Why would not it be real?
Seedy sickened hall
  01/08/22
A No wait D. A undermines casual effect from the landfill...
brindle personal credit line
  01/08/22
how quickly would a 160+ LSAT taker answer this?
Frozen Mental Disorder
  01/08/22
160 taker: 2 minutes and would get it wrong 170 + taker: un...
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scarlet resort potus
  01/08/22
Not a lolyer: Why is it not A? D is not necessarily a goo...
lavender chad church
  01/08/22
A undermines the argument since it shows that it might not b...
brindle personal credit line
  01/08/22
The hyenas are wildlife you cretin
vibrant shrine wrinkle
  01/08/22
yeah but they're only a part of the wildlife, their sudden p...
lavender chad church
  01/11/22
A casts doubt because it could show other differences (other...
beady-eyed ungodly locale blood rage
  01/11/22
See my posts above. I had the same issue. You're not suppose...
brindle personal credit line
  01/13/22
the argument includes nothing about hyenas or their effect o...
Hyperventilating flickering point
  01/13/22
I'm drunk and knew it was D without hesitation. If you ca...
beady-eyed ungodly locale blood rage
  01/11/22
I've already stated my argument in the subthread. I read abo...
lavender chad church
  01/11/22
it doesn't need to be a "good thing", the answer c...
concupiscible alcoholic son of senegal
  01/11/22
I don't know if I'm a legit retard for not knowing the answe...
lavender chad church
  01/11/22
Not neutral. Actually supports the argument
Flushed gunner
  01/11/22
how so? it is a non sequitur that does not allow us to cast ...
concupiscible alcoholic son of senegal
  01/11/22
How does it not support to say that hyenas are thriving in a...
Flushed gunner
  01/12/22
I think the difference between a 164 and a 171+ is picking u...
pontificating exciting corner hissy fit
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concupiscible alcoholic son of senegal
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beady-eyed ungodly locale blood rage
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embarrassing to witness a medical doctor school a thread ful...
stirring puce hunting ground doctorate
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Hyperventilating flickering point
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I picked up the nuance, it just took me 2 mins. 166 LSAT her...
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Hyperventilating flickering point
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dun factory reset button legend
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Test taking answer is D, real answer is A
odious school
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Cr.
brindle personal credit line
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I think I remember that one from the exam whenever I took it...
Hyperventilating flickering point
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d
Hyperventilating flickering point
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LSAT was much easier back then
pontificating exciting corner hissy fit
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agreed
marvelous hideous chapel
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...
dull bonkers milk haunted graveyard
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The answers in this thread show how most regular people can&...
appetizing property
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NEEDED REMINDER: don’t go to law school
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i love word games!!!!!!
Frozen Mental Disorder
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...
Seedy sickened hall
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whoa isn't this sort of white supremacist logic removed from...
Zombie-like Organic Girlfriend
  01/08/22
This is based on a real world example: https://www.ncbi.nlm....
contagious casino sex offender
  01/08/22
This is insanely racist
vibrant shrine wrinkle
  01/08/22
I did a fair number of practice tests, but that was long ago...
Multi-colored center regret
  01/08/22
I spent years studying for this test
Submissive circlehead
  01/12/22
Are you happy with your career?
beady-eyed ungodly locale blood rage
  01/12/22
what do you think
Submissive circlehead
  01/12/22
You love arguing over 80 page contracts that no one will eve...
beady-eyed ungodly locale blood rage
  01/12/22
180
haunting green foreskin
  01/12/22
166 LSAT here. It took me 2 mins to get to D
big step-uncle's house philosopher-king
  01/12/22
Two minutes is pathetic. Enjoy Dechert.
beady-eyed ungodly locale blood rage
  01/12/22
T14 here
big step-uncle's house philosopher-king
  01/12/22
congrats on GULC
Stimulating filthy pisswyrm plaza
  01/12/22
(underrepresented minority)
Poppy National
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Same but I got it a lot quicker. I feel like I should have r...
Floppy rehab
  01/13/22
Seems like it should be D just b/c all the info given is irr...
self-absorbed carnelian location
  01/12/22
correct answer embarrassingly retarded analysis
Mewling indecent kitchen
  01/12/22
CR Jesus Christ, this thread is a damning indictment of X...
beady-eyed ungodly locale blood rage
  01/12/22
That was my analysis as well, it just took me 2 mins to go t...
big step-uncle's house philosopher-king
  01/12/22
i sat down to write a screed on just how moronic her explana...
Mewling indecent kitchen
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BIGLAW here too. I do deals that make the front page of the ...
big step-uncle's house philosopher-king
  01/12/22
...
Mewling indecent kitchen
  01/12/22
What makes it embarrassingly retarded? 174 scorer here.
Supple Geriatric Cruise Ship Sandwich
  01/13/22
a supplies an alternative explanation for the phenomenon tha...
dun factory reset button legend
  01/13/22
the test writers went OUT OF THEIR WAY to show how obviously...
Hyperventilating flickering point
  01/13/22
Who is struggling with it? She got the correct answer.
Supple Geriatric Cruise Ship Sandwich
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Hyenas are mostly scavengers.
pontificating exciting corner hissy fit
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ty. Other than that not sure what the problem is. I feel lik...
self-absorbed carnelian location
  01/13/22
i agree it's embarrassing. you spend the whole post focusing...
Stimulating filthy pisswyrm plaza
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Linked above: "Answer choice (D): This is the correc...
self-absorbed carnelian location
  01/13/22
just take your L and move on
harsh provocative crackhouse sneaky criminal
  01/13/22
cr. pretty sad to see how low this place has fallen
harsh provocative crackhouse sneaky criminal
  01/13/22
Poast your LSAT score before I engage with you further.
Supple Geriatric Cruise Ship Sandwich
  01/13/22
One of those monkeys is now a partner at Cravath.
Crimson arousing coldplay fan principal's office
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jet black congo monkies
Submissive circlehead
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...
haunting green foreskin
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...
Hyperventilating flickering point
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It’s been about two decades since I took the LSAT and ...
Blue trust fund sanctuary
  01/12/22
And that answer is?
big step-uncle's house philosopher-king
  01/12/22
D
Blue trust fund sanctuary
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this question is more about eliminating a, b, c, e right awa...
marvelous hideous chapel
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Who said anything about deep analysis? I immediately knew a,...
Blue trust fund sanctuary
  01/13/22
Took me 30 seconds to get the correct answer, A.
brass bossy hospital
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180
brindle personal credit line
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(Oliver Darcy)
razzle school cafeteria pervert
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...
wine halford nowag
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"Well, Brian, you see, Hyenas are BAD for the baboon po...
Pea-brained Cumskin Spot
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beady-eyed ungodly locale blood rage
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(Masai-Mara reserve baboon)
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Date: January 8th, 2022 10:19 AM
Author: contagious casino sex offender

ljl probably my favorite part of my legal “education”

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43749439)



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Date: January 8th, 2022 10:56 AM
Author: Flushed gunner

Link?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43749600)



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Date: January 8th, 2022 12:19 PM
Author: Flushed gunner

23. Garbage dumps do not harm wildlife. Evidence is furnished by the Masai-Mara reserve in Kenya, where baboons that use the garbage dumps on the reserve as a food source mature faster and have more offspring than do baboons on the reserve that do not scavenge on garbage.

Each of the following statements, if true, casts doubt on the argument EXCEPT:

(A) The baboons that feed on the garbage dump are of a different species from those that do not.

(B) The life expectancy of baboons that eat garbage is significantly lower than that of baboons that do not eat garbage.

(C) The cholesterol level of garbage-eating baboons is dangerously higher than that of baboons that do not eat garbage.

(D) The population of hyenas that live near unregulated garbage landfills north of the reserve has doubled in the last two years.

(E) The rate of birth defects for the baboon population on the reserve has doubled since the first landfills were opened.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43750084)



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Date: January 8th, 2022 12:24 PM
Author: dun factory reset button legend

d

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43750121)



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Date: January 8th, 2022 12:31 PM
Author: Flushed gunner

I couldn't decide between A and D but now see you are right.

It's subtle and retarded, but I think they are making a distinction between "dumps" and "unregulated landfills".

As for A, I think the logic is that something that harms some species and not others is still "harmful to wildlife"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43750163)



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Date: January 8th, 2022 12:33 PM
Author: Khaki theater

Doesn’t the population growth of hyenas suggest it’s good? Hence D is the answer.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43750183)



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Date: January 8th, 2022 12:37 PM
Author: Flushed gunner

Fuck you're right

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43750210)



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Date: January 8th, 2022 12:38 PM
Author: Glittery indian lodge pozpig



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43750215)



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Date: January 8th, 2022 12:38 PM
Author: brindle personal credit line

The issue I initially had with D is that you could see pop growth as bad, since they will run out of their food supply and compete, particularly absent waste. But LSAT problem writers never go that deep, so it is D.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43750218)



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Date: January 8th, 2022 12:46 PM
Author: appetizing property

Sure thing. Best thing for the wildlife population would be for all of the hyena population to die.

There is no other answer that is remotely close.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43750261)



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Date: January 8th, 2022 12:47 PM
Author: Khaki theater

I think the implication is the pop raise because food supply supported a larger population. No basis to assume they run out.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43750267)



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Date: January 8th, 2022 12:49 PM
Author: appetizing property

And there’s no other answer remotely close

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43750279)



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Date: January 8th, 2022 12:49 PM
Author: brindle personal credit line

The main thing is that the other three can be eliminated on a first order basis.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43750286)



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Date: January 8th, 2022 4:13 PM
Author: razzle-dazzle french dog poop ticket booth



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43751239)



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Date: January 8th, 2022 12:34 PM
Author: marvelous hideous chapel

i don't think the issue of regulation has anything to do with whether D casts doubt. The reason D does not cast doubt is because it has to do with hyenas

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43750191)



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Date: January 8th, 2022 12:36 PM
Author: appetizing property

Lol no it’s because the hyena population is growing near the dump so it supports the argument that dumps do not harm wildlife. The other answers undermine the point.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43750206)



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Date: January 8th, 2022 12:38 PM
Author: Glittery indian lodge pozpig

Yeah this is pretty straightforward, wtf lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43750213)



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Date: January 8th, 2022 12:39 PM
Author: marvelous hideous chapel



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43750222)



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Date: January 8th, 2022 12:41 PM
Author: Glittery indian lodge pozpig

Dude

Lol

Ok this guy edited his post to not look like a retard, nm

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43750228)



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Date: January 8th, 2022 12:42 PM
Author: marvelous hideous chapel

I need to reword it, lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43750240)



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Date: January 8th, 2022 12:42 PM
Author: brindle personal credit line

The argument is in the first sentence, it's about wildlife.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43750233)



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Date: January 11th, 2022 10:59 PM
Author: Very tactful native macaca

obvious cr

jfc xo2021

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43768997)



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Date: January 11th, 2022 11:01 PM
Author: concupiscible alcoholic son of senegal

it does not "support" the argument. it merely doesn't invalidate it. which still makes it the right choice but your specious reasoning condemns you to a 162

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43769001)



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Date: January 13th, 2022 3:12 PM
Author: Hyperventilating flickering point

hyenas have nothing to do with the argument and you can't read that far into the question

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43778476)



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Date: January 8th, 2022 12:38 PM
Author: pontificating exciting corner hissy fit

Yeah who gives a shit about hyenas north of the reserve. It might support why more nigger monkeys are eating garbage in the reserve but that’s not the point

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43750219)



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Date: January 8th, 2022 12:44 PM
Author: appetizing property

You fucking idiot the argument involves all wildlife including hyenas you stupid fag bark bark kill self

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43750248)



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Date: January 8th, 2022 12:49 PM
Author: pontificating exciting corner hissy fit

Think you misunderstood my point. It’s fine you are having a moment here it seems. Won’t take it away from you.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43750280)



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Date: January 8th, 2022 12:51 PM
Author: appetizing property

What was my misunderstanding friend

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43750297)



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Date: January 8th, 2022 12:52 PM
Author: pontificating exciting corner hissy fit

This is a good explanation.

https://forum.powerscore.com/viewtopic.php?t=11531

It neither supports nor undermines. It’s irrelevant. Doggysuicide went to Hamline

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43750303)



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Date: January 8th, 2022 12:59 PM
Author: appetizing property

I guess you can quibble about whether it truly “supports” the argument if you have a PhD in ecology but it’s quite obviously the correct answer for the reason I stated. The others are not remotely close. But both D and the original question have population increasing which suggests that the dumps are not harming wildlife.

I guess it’s possible that the population of the hyenas near the dump is increasing for other unstated reasons but nothing here is casting doubt on the original premise.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43750339)



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Date: January 8th, 2022 1:12 PM
Author: pontificating exciting corner hissy fit

From what I remember (it’s been 18 years) correlation and causation is a pretty big part of the rest of this section. I think there were even two of these sections when I took the test.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43750393)



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Date: January 8th, 2022 1:28 PM
Author: brindle personal credit line

Whatever the absolutely right answer may be in some aspie hypothetical world, the reality is the test writers are looking for certain types of answers subject to certain implicit constraints. Correct mentalization is part of the test.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43750460)



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Date: January 8th, 2022 4:57 PM
Author: pontificating exciting corner hissy fit

(guy who picked A first explaining to you how the LSAT works)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43751384)



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Date: January 8th, 2022 5:20 PM
Author: brindle personal credit line

Fair.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43751453)



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Date: January 11th, 2022 10:54 PM
Author: concupiscible alcoholic son of senegal



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43768975)



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Date: January 8th, 2022 4:14 PM
Author: razzle-dazzle french dog poop ticket booth



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43751241)



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Date: January 8th, 2022 2:33 PM
Author: dun factory reset button legend

the reason A isn’t right is that it provides an alternative explanation for the trash eating baboons maturing/having offspring (they’re a different species). this obviously casts doubt on the claim.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43750717)



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Date: January 8th, 2022 5:21 PM
Author: Mauve soul-stirring stag film

cr. isn’t this obvious?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43751459)



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Date: January 13th, 2022 3:08 PM
Author: Hyperventilating flickering point

D is the only answer that doesn't cast doubt on the argument. It would have been C had the word "dangerously" not been included.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43778440)



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Date: January 8th, 2022 12:25 PM
Author: Fluffy aqua forum

Is this real?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43750128)



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Date: January 8th, 2022 12:31 PM
Author: Flushed gunner

Oct 1996

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43750167)



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Date: January 8th, 2022 2:45 PM
Author: Seedy sickened hall

Why would not it be real?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43750765)



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Date: January 8th, 2022 12:27 PM
Author: brindle personal credit line

A

No wait D. A undermines casual effect from the landfill.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43750138)



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Date: January 8th, 2022 12:34 PM
Author: Frozen Mental Disorder

how quickly would a 160+ LSAT taker answer this?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43750184)



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Date: January 8th, 2022 1:06 PM
Author: Amber insecure fanboi church building

160 taker: 2 minutes and would get it wrong

170 + taker: under a minute

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43750369)



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Date: January 8th, 2022 12:36 PM
Author: scarlet resort potus



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43750202)



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Date: January 8th, 2022 2:38 PM
Author: lavender chad church

Not a lolyer:

Why is it not A? D is not necessarily a good thing, if the hyena population doubles in only a span of two years then there's no way that's a good thing for the local wildlife. A predator population increasing that rapidly is going to fuck with the populations of prey species. A negates the evidence that the baboons that feed on garbage grow faster, but it doesn't cast doubt (unless I'm an idiot). Pls spoonfeed me.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43750738)



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Date: January 8th, 2022 2:39 PM
Author: brindle personal credit line

A undermines the argument since it shows that it might not be the dump that is causing the difference in birth rates or whatever.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43750744)



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Date: January 8th, 2022 5:04 PM
Author: vibrant shrine wrinkle

The hyenas are wildlife you cretin

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43751407)



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Date: January 11th, 2022 10:50 PM
Author: lavender chad church

yeah but they're only a part of the wildlife, their sudden population boost could destroy populations of prey animals which will eventually harm the hyenas as well. Hyenas, being a predator, aren't necessarily better off in such a quick boom to their population either. A, at worst, seems to negate the argument that it's good for wildlife, but D seemingly implies that it could very well be a bad thing.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43768951)



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Date: January 11th, 2022 10:56 PM
Author: beady-eyed ungodly locale blood rage

A casts doubt because it could show other differences (other then garbage diet) account for the differences in baboons

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43768985)



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Date: January 13th, 2022 9:35 AM
Author: brindle personal credit line

See my posts above. I had the same issue. You're not supposed to bring this level of subject matter specific thought to a topic. Each question exists in its own little universe. That's just the implicit rule of the test.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43776220)



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Date: January 13th, 2022 3:09 PM
Author: Hyperventilating flickering point

the argument includes nothing about hyenas or their effect on the africans

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43778447)



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Date: January 11th, 2022 10:52 PM
Author: beady-eyed ungodly locale blood rage

I'm drunk and knew it was D without hesitation.

If you can't figure this out in less than 30 seconds you need to scramble ur password and get off ARE law board

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43768964)



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Date: January 11th, 2022 10:55 PM
Author: lavender chad church

I've already stated my argument in the subthread. I read above that LSAT questions aren't meant to be read into that deeply, which supports D being the answer, as the evidence that a higher hyena population is superficially a good thing, but then again, I'm not a lolyer.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43768981)



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Date: January 11th, 2022 11:00 PM
Author: concupiscible alcoholic son of senegal

it doesn't need to be a "good thing", the answer choice just needs to not explicitly harm wildlife for the argument to hold true. hyena pop growth, without additional info, is neutral to "wildlife" and does not discredit the argument posed

goddamn being a lawyer is easy

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43768998)



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Date: January 11th, 2022 11:01 PM
Author: lavender chad church

I don't know if I'm a legit retard for not knowing the answer or if I just thought too deeply into it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43769002)



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Date: January 11th, 2022 11:08 PM
Author: Flushed gunner

Not neutral. Actually supports the argument

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43769027)



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Date: January 11th, 2022 11:35 PM
Author: concupiscible alcoholic son of senegal

how so? it is a non sequitur that does not allow us to cast doubt on the original argument, but it does not "support" it.

if this question were framed differently as "which of these answers supports the claim presented?", i don't think the hyena answer would suffice

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43769101)



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Date: January 12th, 2022 12:22 PM
Author: Flushed gunner

How does it not support to say that hyenas are thriving in a place with a dump? Of course it's not airtight - it doesn't say they're actually eating the garbage or discuss possible alternative explanations for the population increase.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43771450)



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Date: January 11th, 2022 11:44 PM
Author: pontificating exciting corner hissy fit

I think the difference between a 164 and a 171+ is picking up on the nuance that this is a neutral statement that doesn’t support the argument, but doesn’t call it into question either. Realizing that can help you on other questions on the test.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43769131)



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Date: January 12th, 2022 12:10 AM
Author: concupiscible alcoholic son of senegal



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43769204)



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Date: January 12th, 2022 11:49 AM
Author: beady-eyed ungodly locale blood rage



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43771146)



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Date: January 12th, 2022 11:52 AM
Author: stirring puce hunting ground doctorate

embarrassing to witness a medical doctor school a thread full of lawyers on this. xoxox = TTT in steep decline

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43771174)



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Date: January 13th, 2022 3:12 PM
Author: Hyperventilating flickering point



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43778483)



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Date: January 13th, 2022 4:22 PM
Author: big step-uncle's house philosopher-king

I picked up the nuance, it just took me 2 mins. 166 LSAT here

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43779050)



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Date: January 13th, 2022 3:10 PM
Author: Hyperventilating flickering point



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43778453)



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Date: January 11th, 2022 11:10 PM
Author: razzle school cafeteria pervert



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43769033)



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Date: January 13th, 2022 11:58 AM
Author: dun factory reset button legend



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43777179)



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Date: January 13th, 2022 2:43 PM
Author: odious school

Test taking answer is D, real answer is A

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43778283)



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Date: January 13th, 2022 3:17 PM
Author: brindle personal credit line

Cr.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43778536)



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Date: January 13th, 2022 3:04 PM
Author: Hyperventilating flickering point

I think I remember that one from the exam whenever I took it. Was it from 2008? It was either that question or one that I took on the bar exam, but I cracked up when I read it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43778408)



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Date: January 13th, 2022 3:05 PM
Author: Hyperventilating flickering point

d

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43778419)



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Date: January 8th, 2022 12:34 PM
Author: pontificating exciting corner hissy fit

LSAT was much easier back then

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43750190)



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Date: January 8th, 2022 12:35 PM
Author: marvelous hideous chapel

agreed

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43750197)



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Date: January 8th, 2022 12:39 PM
Author: dull bonkers milk haunted graveyard



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43750221)



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Date: January 8th, 2022 12:43 PM
Author: appetizing property

The answers in this thread show how most regular people can’t follow a simple logical thread.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43750243)



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Date: January 8th, 2022 12:46 PM
Author: Hairraiser Flirting Cuck

NEEDED REMINDER: don’t go to law school

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43750264)



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Date: January 8th, 2022 12:51 PM
Author: Frozen Mental Disorder

i love word games!!!!!!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43750296)



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Date: January 8th, 2022 2:34 PM
Author: Seedy sickened hall



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43750724)



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Date: January 8th, 2022 2:35 PM
Author: Zombie-like Organic Girlfriend

whoa isn't this sort of white supremacist logic removed from the lsat now?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43750729)



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Date: January 8th, 2022 4:10 PM
Author: contagious casino sex offender

This is based on a real world example: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC387823/

“ Through a heartbreaking twist of fate, the most aggressive males in the Forest Troop were wiped out. The males, which had taken to foraging in an open garbage pit adjacent to a tourist lodge, had contracted bovine tuberculosis, and most died between 1983 and 1986. Their deaths drastically changed the gender composition of the troop, more than doubling the ratio of females to males, and by 1986 troop behavior had changed considerably as well; males were significantly less aggressive.”

All the alpha monkeys ate the trash and prevented the betas from eating the good shit. Then they were so high t they died from the trash and the beta soyboy monkeys took over

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43751228)



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Date: January 8th, 2022 5:01 PM
Author: vibrant shrine wrinkle

This is insanely racist

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43751399)



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Date: January 8th, 2022 5:10 PM
Author: Multi-colored center regret

I did a fair number of practice tests, but that was long ago, and I don't remember that one.

I actually don't remember hardly any of the argument or reading comp sections. Those were always pretty easy for me. I remember the games better.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43751420)



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Date: January 12th, 2022 12:25 PM
Author: Submissive circlehead

I spent years studying for this test

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43771480)



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Date: January 12th, 2022 12:30 PM
Author: beady-eyed ungodly locale blood rage

Are you happy with your career?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43771525)



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Date: January 12th, 2022 12:31 PM
Author: Submissive circlehead

what do you think

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43771537)



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Date: January 12th, 2022 12:38 PM
Author: beady-eyed ungodly locale blood rage

You love arguing over 80 page contracts that no one will ever again look at and you feel that you're making the most of your limited time on this mortal coil?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43771590)



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Date: January 12th, 2022 12:33 PM
Author: haunting green foreskin

180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43771547)



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Date: January 12th, 2022 12:38 PM
Author: big step-uncle's house philosopher-king

166 LSAT here. It took me 2 mins to get to D

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43771592)



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Date: January 12th, 2022 12:41 PM
Author: beady-eyed ungodly locale blood rage

Two minutes is pathetic.

Enjoy Dechert.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43771601)



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Date: January 12th, 2022 1:07 PM
Author: big step-uncle's house philosopher-king

T14 here

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43771808)



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Date: January 12th, 2022 1:11 PM
Author: Stimulating filthy pisswyrm plaza

congrats on GULC

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43771823)



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Date: January 12th, 2022 2:34 PM
Author: Poppy National

(underrepresented minority)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43772501)



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Date: January 13th, 2022 4:25 PM
Author: Floppy rehab

Same but I got it a lot quicker. I feel like I should have re-taken the LSAT and gotten closer to 170...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43779065)



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Date: January 12th, 2022 1:23 PM
Author: self-absorbed carnelian location

Seems like it should be D just b/c all the info given is irrelevant:

Different location

Possibly different kind of garbage (dump vs unregulated landfill)

Different animal that I thought was more predatory than scavenging

Did the population double b/c of the garbage? B/c of the baboon population increasing? It just doesn't offer anything of value.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43771905)



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Date: January 12th, 2022 1:39 PM
Author: Mewling indecent kitchen

correct answer

embarrassingly retarded analysis

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43771998)



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Date: January 12th, 2022 1:50 PM
Author: beady-eyed ungodly locale blood rage

CR

Jesus Christ, this thread is a damning indictment of XO's steep decline.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43772119)



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Date: January 12th, 2022 1:57 PM
Author: big step-uncle's house philosopher-king

That was my analysis as well, it just took me 2 mins to go through it. 166 LSAT, T14 here

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43772157)



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Date: January 12th, 2022 2:02 PM
Author: Mewling indecent kitchen

i sat down to write a screed on just how moronic her explanation is but honestly it would just be lost on you people

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43772205)



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Date: January 12th, 2022 2:10 PM
Author: big step-uncle's house philosopher-king

BIGLAW here too. I do deals that make the front page of the WSJ

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43772277)



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Date: January 12th, 2022 1:59 PM
Author: Mewling indecent kitchen



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43772178)



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Date: January 13th, 2022 9:08 AM
Author: Supple Geriatric Cruise Ship Sandwich

What makes it embarrassingly retarded? 174 scorer here.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43776128)



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Date: January 13th, 2022 12:01 PM
Author: dun factory reset button legend

a supplies an alternative explanation for the phenomenon that doesn’t support the argument

b, c and e just simply contradict the argument

****

lololol how the fuck did xo struggle so much with such an easy question?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43777200)



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Date: January 13th, 2022 3:15 PM
Author: Hyperventilating flickering point

the test writers went OUT OF THEIR WAY to show how obviously wrong c is by including the word "dangerously" -- not including that word would have made c and d equally irrelevant

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43778516)



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Date: January 13th, 2022 3:15 PM
Author: Supple Geriatric Cruise Ship Sandwich

Who is struggling with it? She got the correct answer.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43778518)



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Date: January 12th, 2022 2:33 PM
Author: pontificating exciting corner hissy fit

Hyenas are mostly scavengers.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43772496)



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Date: January 13th, 2022 9:11 AM
Author: self-absorbed carnelian location

ty. Other than that not sure what the problem is. I feel like I mostly just agreed with different explanations further up but whatever.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43776140)



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Date: January 13th, 2022 2:40 PM
Author: Stimulating filthy pisswyrm plaza

i agree it's embarrassing. you spend the whole post focusing on how things are "different" from the original scenario and argue that this makes the answer choice irrelevant. i'm not sure what makes you think this but it betrays an inability to think abstractly and apply established logic to novel situations

for the claim the question making to be true, it has to be generalizable to all of wildlife. he's not saying dumps are not harmful to just chimps. the chimps are an example.

so your emphasis on "different location", "different dump", "different animal" as if this somehow makes the answer choice not germane to the claim can only be the result of a 2 digit IQ

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43778255)



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Date: January 13th, 2022 3:00 PM
Author: self-absorbed carnelian location

Linked above:

"Answer choice (D): This is the correct answer. Saying that a population of hyenas living near garbage landfills has doubled has absolutely no harmful effect on this argument, primarily because (1) we don't know anything about the hyenas' behavior (do they eat the garbage?), (2) we don't know if the doubling population is normal, healthy growth or if it should have increased even more, and (3) we can't assume any connection between that growth and the landfill itself."

"(1) we don't know anything about the hyenas' behavior (do they eat the garbage?)"

ie the fact that it's a different animal doesn't tell us anything

"(2) we don't know if the doubling population is normal, healthy growth or if it should have increased even more,"

I said "Did the population double b/c of the garbage?"

All of that is brought up in his explanation. I understand that it's about general wildlife and that the point is that it doesn't refute or cast doubt on that claim, but is either neutral or supports it. If it's neutral it's because that information doesn't tell you anything of value toward the claim, ie it is irrelevant. I don't think I contradicted any of that.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43778386)



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Date: January 13th, 2022 3:02 PM
Author: harsh provocative crackhouse sneaky criminal

just take your L and move on

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43778398)



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Date: January 13th, 2022 3:03 PM
Author: harsh provocative crackhouse sneaky criminal

cr. pretty sad to see how low this place has fallen

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43778401)



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Date: January 13th, 2022 3:14 PM
Author: Supple Geriatric Cruise Ship Sandwich

Poast your LSAT score before I engage with you further.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43778506)



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Date: January 12th, 2022 1:51 PM
Author: Crimson arousing coldplay fan principal's office

One of those monkeys is now a partner at Cravath.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43772127)



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Date: January 12th, 2022 2:04 PM
Author: Submissive circlehead

jet black congo monkies

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43772213)



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Date: January 13th, 2022 9:39 AM
Author: haunting green foreskin



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43776236)



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Date: January 13th, 2022 3:16 PM
Author: Hyperventilating flickering point



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43778522)



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Date: January 12th, 2022 2:15 PM
Author: Blue trust fund sanctuary

It’s been about two decades since I took the LSAT and I knew the right answer the second I read it. 175 scorer here.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43772328)



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Date: January 12th, 2022 2:16 PM
Author: big step-uncle's house philosopher-king

And that answer is?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43772332)



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Date: January 12th, 2022 2:36 PM
Author: Blue trust fund sanctuary

D

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43772510)



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Date: January 13th, 2022 12:20 AM
Author: marvelous hideous chapel

this question is more about eliminating a, b, c, e right away and then knowing right away that the answer is D..it's not about analyzing D too deeply

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43775417)



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Date: January 13th, 2022 9:59 AM
Author: Blue trust fund sanctuary

Who said anything about deep analysis? I immediately knew a, b, c, and e were wrong and d was right my first time reading through the questions and answers.

To be clear, a, b, c and e are obviously wrong. So you could you use process of elimination. But d is also clearly right. Because I am not a retard I knew the right answer immediately without having to resort to some lsat test taking strategy.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43776310)



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Date: January 13th, 2022 12:24 AM
Author: brass bossy hospital

Took me 30 seconds to get the correct answer, A.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43775425)



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Date: January 13th, 2022 6:25 AM
Author: brindle personal credit line

180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43775950)



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Date: January 13th, 2022 11:07 AM
Author: razzle school cafeteria pervert

(Oliver Darcy)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43776774)



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Date: January 13th, 2022 3:05 PM
Author: wine halford nowag



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43778415)



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Date: January 13th, 2022 3:20 PM
Author: Pea-brained Cumskin Spot

"Well, Brian, you see, Hyenas are BAD for the baboon population," Oliver smugly explains on Reliable Sources.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43778564)



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Date: January 13th, 2022 3:26 PM
Author: beady-eyed ungodly locale blood rage



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43778609)



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Date: January 13th, 2022 3:17 PM
Author: Hyperventilating flickering point

(Masai-Mara reserve baboon)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5003070&forum_id=2#43778533)