LSAT 143 | Section 3 | Logical Reasoning: Q7

LR Question 7 Explanation

QUESTION TEXT: Employee: My boss says that my presentation to our…

QUESTION TYPE: Flawed Reasoning

CONCLUSION: My boss was wrong to say I should have included more detail.

REASONING: Too much detail is boring.

ANALYSIS: There is a big difference between more and too much. It’s possible the employee could have added more detail without adding too much detail.

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1. The employee wasn’t arguing that their boss is usually wrong. They were only saying the boss was wrong in this specific case.
2. CORRECT. This is a major distinction. The employee might have been able to add more detail without adding too much.
3. The employee wasn’t saying their presentation is guaranteed not to lead to wandering attention. They were only saying that too much detail wouldn’t be the cause of wandering attention.
4. This is a different flaw.
   Example of flaw: My boss was wrong once. So they are always wrong.
5. This type of answer is almost never right. You have to be able to say exactly what the two different meanings are to choose this type of answer.
   Example of flaw: The public isn’t interested in court proceedings. Therefore, court proceeding aren’t a matter of public interest.
   (The first sense means boring vs. interesting. The second sense means something of importance to public affairs.)