LSAT 136 | Section 4 | Logical Reasoning: Q2

LR Question 2 Explanation

QUESTION TEXT: Editorial: It is usually desirable for people to have a…

QUESTION TYPE: Strengthen

CONCLUSION: We should regulate the information on the internet.

REASONING: We can’t use information unless we can distinguish it from misinformation. The internet has much disinformation.

ANALYSIS: This sounds like a reasonable argument. There’s one big problem though: the author didn’t say that regulation helps distinguish between information and misinformation.

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1. This weakens the argument by showing that regulation is likely to cause harm.
2. This shows that regulation won’t help very much.
3. CORRECT. This at least shows that regulation helps solve the problem.
4. This tells us that the internet is unacceptable, because we can’t distinguish good information from bad. But this doesn’t show that regulation is the answer.
5. This tells us not to regulate.