Reasonable people adapt themselves to the world; unreasonable people persist in trying to adapt the world to themselv...
SandraAugust 13, 2021
confused about conclusion
Therefore, all progress depends on unreasonable people.
P-not RP
I get confused because is the sufficient condition that brings about progress, the unreasonable people?
So this sentence reads that progress brings about unreasonable people. That confuses me, can someone please explain.
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I think the block you're experiencing might be because you're using the phrase "brings about" to interpret that conditional statement. "Brings about" means "causes." You'll learn more about cause-and-effect statements later in the course (specifically in the Strengthen and Weaken modules), but conditional statements are *not* cause-and-effect statements. "Depends" is a term that refers to "necessary conditions." As such, a statement that uses "depends" should be interpreted as a conditional statement, not a cause-and-effect statement.
The more accurate way to read that conclusion is "progress requires unreasonable people." It's not saying that unreasonable people "bring about" or "cause" the progress (or, even more confusingly, that progress "brings about" or "causes" the existence of unreasonable people). It's just saying that "if there is progress, then there must be unreasonable people."
JosephRoccoMay 24, 2022
I had some difficulty with this question. My difficulty came between answer choice B and C. C looked very attractive. However, I knew deep down that B was probably the correct choice.
This is how I diagrammed the stimulus.
P: RP ----> AW
P: UR ----> Not AW
C: AP ----> UR
Contrapositive - RP ----> Not AP
Why is C wrong here? Can someone please explain to me why this is wrong? Is Answer Choice C mistaking Necessary for Sufficient?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Emil-KunkinMay 25, 2022
Hi JosephRocco,
C is saying that UP - Progress. B is saying thatNot RP - P
C is incorrect because it confuses a necessary condition for a sufficient one. While we know that we cannot have progress without unreasonable people, we do not know that unreasonable people will guarantee progress. Nothing in your diagram (which is great by the way) tell us that anything will guarantee progress, so C is incorrect.
JosephRoccoMarch 4, 2024
This is unrelated to this question. However, it is important. Practice Test #94 doesn't have a scaled conversion table after one takes it. Does anyone know what a total of 59 questions right gets a person on a scaled conversion score? Can someone try to get that conversion scaled score input for PT #94? It would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
