QUESTION TEXT: Laura: Harold is obviously lonely. He should…
QUESTION TYPE: Method of Reasoning
ARGUMENTS; Laura thinks Harold would not be lonely if he moved into town. Then he would be near people.
Ralph points out that you must be near people and have real interactions with them if you want to stop being lonely.
ANALYSIS: Ralph makes a good argument. Laura thought being near people was sufficient to stop Harold from feeling lonely.
Ralph points out she forgot a second necessary condition: genuine interactions.
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- CORRECT. Laura thought moving into town was sufficient to end Ralph’s loneliness. Ralph agrees that being into town is necessary, but it’s not enough: you need interactions with people, too.
- Ralph didn’t say what was appropriate, or whether Harold should move into town.
- This is completely different. It’s like if someone said:
“I don’t know why people find the LSAT so hard! There’s a logically certain, correct answer for every question.”
The problem is that the LSAT is not at all intuitively obvious.
- Ralph didn’t say if there are any other ways to cure loneliness.
- Ralph didn’t say that moving into town would make Harold more lonely. He just said that Harold would still be lonely unless he also had genuine interactions.
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