RC Question 16 Explanation
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.
___________
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- CORRECT. Lines 10-11 support this. We see that primates look like us, so we unconsciously assume they must be like us.
- 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?
Leave a Reply