LSAT 6 | Section 2 | Logical Reasoning: Q11

LR Question 11 Explanation

QUESTION TEXT: For democracy to survive, it is imperative that the average…

QUESTION TYPE: Must be True

FACTS: For democracy to survive average citizens must develop informed opinions on important policy issues.

Yet citizens are increasingly unable to develop opinions on many important issues thanks to scientific advances.

ANALYSIS: The logical conclusion is that science is making democracy increasingly difficult. If science advances too far then citizens will be unable to form enough opinions on important topics. Then democracy won’t survive.

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1. We don’t know. The stimulus only said that the public has to inform itself. It doesn’t say how.
2. CORRECT. Yes. Citizens need to form opinions for democracy to survive. Science is making things too complicated.
3. The stimulus supports the idea that not every citizen can become scientifically literate (assuming scientifically literate means following all developing technologies)
4. This goes too far. Too much science is problematic for democracy, sure. But it might also be the case that too little science is also bad.
5. The average citizen needs to be informed. If “at least some” only means technocratic experts (and not the average citizen) then democracy is doomed.

Recap: The question begins with “For democracy to survive, it is imperative that the average”. It is a Must be True question. Learn how to master LSAT MBT questions on the LSAT Logical Reasoning question types page.