LSAT 31, Reading Comprehension, Q16, LSATHacks

RC Question 16 Explanation, by LSATHacks

DISCUSSION: The passage may seem like it’s about scientists. But they’re only mentioned once, in lines 9-11. Really. 

The wrong answers are designed to make you hallucinate. They make you draw on outside assumptions, and imagine things that aren’t there and were never said. 

It’s a common LSAT theme, actually. So make sure you know why you’re picking an answer. The test is designed to trick you.

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1. It’s not likely Haraway believes this. Lines 29-31 say she believes there is no single reality. If so, different observers will see different things.
2. Haraway doesn’t seem to think much of primatologists. Maybe they would make better observations, but we have no reason to think so. Other observers might do just as well.
3. Lines 10-11 say that scientists are unconsciously biased about primates. So why would scientists be more accurate? Scientists project their beliefs onto the animals, because primates look like us. 
4. CORRECT. Lines 10-11 support this. We see that primates look like us, so we unconsciously assume they must be like us. 
5. Hard to say. Haraway doesn’t even suggest two equally trained scientists will make the same observations. So why should passive and active scientists record the same things?

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