LSAT 130 | Section 1 | Logical Reasoning: Q13

LR Question 13 Explanation

QUESTION TEXT: It is a given that to be an intriguing person, one must be able

QUESTION TYPE: Identify the Conclusion

CONCLUSION: Constantly broadening your abilities and intellectual reach will let you inspire the perpetual curiosity of others.

REASONING: Constantly expanding your mind will make it impossible to fully understand you. Thus you will remain an enduring mystery for others.

ANALYSIS: On identify the conclusion questions, you need to look for conclusion indicators. Here, the word “for” indicates that “the thing coming before the word for is the conclusion”.

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1. This is stating a necessary condition of being intriguing. The conclusion is about how to maintain that constant curiosity.
2. CORRECT. This comes right before the word “for”. The word “for” indicates that what came before is the conclusion.
   Note that “that curiosity” refers to “inspiring the perpetual curiosity of others.”
3. This is evidence for the conclusion that constantly broadening your mind will cause you to inspire endless curiosity.
4. This is an incorrect reversal of the conclusion. It said broadening your mind will let you inspire curiosity. It didn’t say it’s the only way.
   Conclusion: Constant broadening → inspire curiosity
   This wrong answer: Inspire curiosity → constant broadening
5. Rubbish. It’s not you who will have curiosity. The broadening lets you inspire curiosity in others. (i.e. you’ll make others curious about you.)