What's your favorite LSAT question?

KevinLin7Sage

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Wednesday, Mar 19

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Post your favorite LSAT question. Why do you like it?

5 comments

Albert Gauthier Thursday, Mar 20

https://new.7sage.com/u/usr_02xP8JhsOdNS0O7wSTK6B7/question/PT133.S1.Q1
Q1 in a section usually isn't very memorable—you just mow it down as quickly as you can and move on. But this question comes the closest of any to derailing my focus due to subject matter. Intentionally planting stinging nettles in your garden?! Who's recommending this, and have they ever encountered stinging nettles? It's right there in the name. Keep them the hell away.
Stinging nettles are actually edible though, so in theory, they'd be quite at home in a backyard garden alongside those potatoes, if you can manage to pick them without getting stung (and that's a key condition). You can steam or braise them like spinach, and the heat breaks down the formic acid and histamine responsible for the stinging effect.
But someone once showed me how to eat them raw, by folding the leaves a certain way so that the little stingers don't touch your tongue. He demonstrated and seemed fine. I followed his example and my mouth was numb and burning for hours. And for what? Spinach is plentiful and doesn't try to kill me.
I don't care if stinging nettles indirectly help protect potato plants. I'd rather have no stinging nettles and no potatoes than have both.

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KevinLin7Sage Thursday, Mar 20
PT135 S1 Q23 (Trampoline safety)
I like this for 2 reasons:
1. "Trampoline enthusiast"
2. The trampoline enthusiast refers to sales of "home" trampolines, which suggests the possibility of work trampolines.
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Punctual_Dad_133 Thursday, Mar 20

PT133 S3 Q11 (Quackery vs Scientifically Valid)
This question is my fav because its SO funny. Read the stimulus. Since when does the LSAT say things like quackery!? I can't stop laughing thinking about my family members who also cannot discriminate quackery from valid info online.
It's a tough question though. Try it and let me know what you guys think!
BTW, practice the negate and destroy test for Necessary Assumptions here: the right answer, if we negate it (aka assume it to NOT be true), should absolutely destroy the link between premise and conclusion in the stimulus!
It can be tough to negate conditional statements. First, make sure you translate each Answer Choice into the Lawgic if A --> B format. Then, the correct way to negate a conditional statement is to say "If A is true, B doesn't have to be true."

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EngagingKindheartedBoyfriend Wednesday, Mar 19

PT135 S4 Q23 (Domesticated wolves)
Because it was the first question that made gasp.
Months later, when I saw it again, I still found it challenging but was able to correctly work through it under timed conditions. Progress!

J.Y. Ping Thursday, Mar 20

@EngagingKindheartedBoyfriend This sentence in that stimulus hurt me. "It has recently been found that some breeds of dog are much more closely related genetically to wolves than to most other breeds of dog."
So I made a lesson out of it:
https://new.7sage.com/lessons/foundations/grammar/comparatives-round-2

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