LSAT 151 | Section 2 | Logical Reasoning: Q6

LR Question 6 Explanation

QUESTION TEXT: Michaela: I think doctors who complain about patients …

QUESTION TYPE: Miscellaneous

ANALYSIS: Michaela’s argument is: Patients want to know as much as possible about their condition, so it’s unfair for doctors to complain about medical research online.

Then Sam says: Doctors have lots of training so their opinion is worth way more. It’s not unfair.

But … hold up. Where did Michaela say anything about the value of the opinions? She never even said that the knowledge from Internet research is GOOD, let alone better than a doctor’s opinion. She just thinks it’s unfair to complain that patients do it because it’s natural to be curious.

So Sam is interpreting Michaela’s argument to mean that she thinks the knowledge from Internet research should be valued as much as a doctor’s opinion.

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1. Too narrow. Sam isn’t only critiquing Michaela for allegedly saying Internet info is good. He goes further to say she thinks it’s equally as worthy as a doctor’s opinion.
2. CORRECT. Sam pushes back as if Michaela is putting patient opinions on par with doctors.
3. This compares different doctors. But Sam is comparing patients and doctors.
4. Opposite. This is Sam’s own view, not what he thinks Michaela is saying.
5. Completely off. There’s nothing about differences between patients who research vs. those who don’t.