October 2010 LSAT Section 3 Question 2

Since there is no survival value in an animal's having an organ that is able to function when all its other organs ha...

brian.eugene.smith@gmail.com on July 30, 2022

Example 2 about Mars Being Inhabitable.

I can understand the explanation given, but still don't agree with it. To me the main point is that 'human technology can change the climate of Mars' and one of the supporting arguments it that 'research efforts are justified.' Can someone help me understand why the correct answer is flipped?

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Emil-Kunkin on February 24 at 03:20PM

Let's try the therefore test.

If we say that "research efforts are justified, therefore human tech can change the climate of mars" this doesn't make any sense. How does the fact that something is justified support the massive empirical claim that we can change mars' climate?

However, if we say that "we can change the climate, therefore research is justified" this makes perfect sense. If we are able to do the hard work, that justifies investment into the topic.