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Just because 90% feel something is true does not make a fact. The 90% have an unjustified feeling. That is only what the sentence says. A feeling exists. B) says 10 percent of the office employees are less productive working from home than working in their office. Based upon what? The unjustified fe...
- by westom
Wed Feb 15, 2012 6:09 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: productivity
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2815
question: does an assumption always strengthen the argument? To be credible, the argument should always replace all assumptions with facts. That is the difference between critical thinking and propaganda. Propaganda feeds off of personal biases. Most (even critical thinkers) will often use their ow...
- by westom
Sat Jan 14, 2012 7:16 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Assumption or strengthen?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3759
so all these female turtles were born before the spill..not after We don't know. Because critical facts must include numbers. No numbers (other than years) are provided. Critical thinking is impossible without perspective. That means numbers. Subjective reasoning is often called junk science.
- by westom
Sat Jan 14, 2012 6:16 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Turtle
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8942
Even i will go with D. Reason- Concl - X hapnes because of Y. D simply states - Return of turtles is due to Z, which is not Y. Hence D. Almost if not every option is possible. A problem routinely seen by 'trained' decisions makers who learn that every honest answer must include numbers and underlyi...
- by westom
Mon Jan 09, 2012 8:03 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Turtle
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8942
The argument above is open to the objection that it makes the questionable assumption that ... To have a fact means well proven theory (a hypothesis) must explain it AND experimental evidence must demonstrate it. This was taught in junior high science. Without both, then no fact or knowledge is pos...
- by westom
Fri Dec 09, 2011 12:33 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Galileo Vs Copernicus:Tough
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2227
Can some expert help on this one? Already done and posted previously. But it was not posted in simplified x=y equation style that non-critical thinkers need. Facts were provided in a manner that requires critical thinking. One need only 'connect the dots' to see why options A - E are rejected repea...
- by westom
Wed Nov 02, 2011 10:29 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: A computer crash
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3111
I appreciate your explanation but it is way out of the reasoning required to answer GMAT Critical reasoning questions. What if this question appears in front of a guy who is from Medical background? ... How would you approach this question if I replace the word computer by "BAZOOKA" ? Spo...
- by westom
Fri Oct 28, 2011 9:37 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: A computer crash
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3111
I am not able to eliminate option C here. Option C is easy to eliminate once we add knowledge: how all computers work. (c) If the the micron 401's crash was not due to an electrical power surge, the computer's processor worked unusually fast during the crash. Computers work at the same speed when d...
- by westom
Fri Oct 28, 2011 7:20 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: A computer crash
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3111
A computer crash has occurred when a computer's central processing unit 'freezes up' and cannot respond to further commands or perform additional functions. ...Which one of the following must be true on basis of the information above ? 1) A computer crash that results from those timing or threshold...
- by westom
Thu Oct 27, 2011 6:21 pm- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: A computer crash
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3111