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Edited: Now, let me take a stab at this... (1) Oil companies are undermining the governmental research about the degree of global warming. (2) At the same time, these oil companies are funding research to address LT climate change. Which of the following best explains the apparent discrepancy in the...

by Somerandomguy

Fri Oct 31, 2008 1:53 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Certain oil Companies.
Replies: 19
Views: 7408

Summary: PI. Topic: Recent feminist scholarship challenge two ideas in the 1920s: 1)Suffrage failed to produce long-term political gains for women 2)Suffrage failed because it didn't meet the expectation that women voting would bring about a corruption free government. PII Topic: [Scholar's View] H...

by Somerandomguy

Thu Oct 30, 2008 7:04 pm
Forum: Reading Comprehension
Topic: RC in feminist schol
Replies: 25
Views: 16775

Re: Dear IMO fans, please do explain your answers

Dear BTGers, I am having hard time to understand why some of us just puts IMO X and leave their post with no explanation ? Please lets help each other, Thanks for understanding. Logitech Werd! :lol: Also, please explain why you eliminated the other choices. It helps to see how the thought process f...

by Somerandomguy

Thu Oct 30, 2008 1:11 pm
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Dear IMO fans, please do explain your answers
Replies: 1
Views: 2042

My understanding is that you only negate "necessary assumption" questions, not inference questions. Please comment.... You are absolutely correct that we apply negation technique to Assumption questions. Also, IMO, this question comes under category of either "Must be true" or &...

by Somerandomguy

Thu Oct 30, 2008 1:00 pm
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Pigeons
Replies: 24
Views: 4382

My choice would be D. It offers one more advantage! What's better than 2 advantages? 3!

by Somerandomguy

Thu Oct 30, 2008 12:54 pm
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Flights
Replies: 21
Views: 4354

Edited: For randomness...

What's the OA?

by Somerandomguy

Thu Oct 30, 2008 11:43 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Pigeons
Replies: 24
Views: 4382

its b/w a and B I choose B A: stimulus said they are valuable without using electronic comm. it didn't say : they are prefferable. My summary of (A) states that it is valuable to use pigeons when sending classified electronic military information, because the information can be intercepted. Doesn't...

by Somerandomguy

Thu Oct 30, 2008 11:40 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Pigeons
Replies: 24
Views: 4382

History textbooks frequently need to be revised. The reasons for this are clear: new discoveries of documents and remains, the discovery of mistaken inferences in prior histories, the discovery of previously unnoticed relationships among data, and the application of hitherto undiscovered principles ...

by Somerandomguy

Thu Oct 30, 2008 11:21 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: History textbooks frequently
Replies: 12
Views: 2994

its b/w a and B I choose B A: stimulus said they are valuable without using electronic comm. it didn't say : they are prefferable. My summary of (A) states that it is valuable to use pigeons when sending classified electronic military information, because the information can be intercepted. Doesn't...

by Somerandomguy

Thu Oct 30, 2008 11:09 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Pigeons
Replies: 24
Views: 4382

This would be an inference question. Therefore, you should be able to refer to the stimulus to check your answer. (a) The use of carrier pigeons is usually preferable to the use of portable electronic devices when a military unit needs a way to send classified military information. My choice. This ...

by Somerandomguy

Thu Oct 30, 2008 11:04 am
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Pigeons
Replies: 24
Views: 4382

Hmm..is this an LSAT question? Yummy... 1) Weaken Q 2) Focus on the conclusion and its support. (A) The cost of collecting, sorting, and recycling discarded plastics is currently higher than the cost of manufacturing new plastics from virgin materials. Eliminate: Out of scope. Who cares about the c...

by Somerandomguy

Wed Oct 29, 2008 9:40 pm
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: disposable plastic containers
Replies: 16
Views: 4168

Hmm..is this an LSAT question? Yummy... 1) Weaken Q 2) Focus on the conclusion and its support. (A) The cost of collecting, sorting, and recycling discarded plastics is currently higher than the cost of manufacturing new plastics from virgin materials. Eliminate: Out of scope. Who cares about the co...

by Somerandomguy

Wed Oct 29, 2008 8:40 pm
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: disposable plastic containers
Replies: 16
Views: 4168

This would be an inference question. Therefore, you should be able to refer to the stimulus to check your answer. (a) The use of carrier pigeons is usually preferable to the use of portable electronic devices when a military unit needs a way to send classified military information. My choice. This ...

by Somerandomguy

Wed Oct 29, 2008 7:57 pm
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Pigeons
Replies: 24
Views: 4382

Guys, why not C? I believe C is carrying all the points the passage is talking abt. Statement 1: Pro-Tect cannot reduce the number of car-theft policies it carries , so cannot protect itself against continued large payouts that way. Statement 2: Therefore, Pro-Tect has decided to offer a discount t...

by Somerandomguy

Wed Oct 29, 2008 7:34 pm
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Bold Face CR
Replies: 22
Views: 10700

This would be an inference question. Therefore, you should be able to refer to the stimulus to check your answer. (a) The use of carrier pigeons is usually preferable to the use of portable electronic devices when a military unit needs a way to send classified military information. My choice. This i...

by Somerandomguy

Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:53 pm
Forum: Critical Reasoning
Topic: Pigeons
Replies: 24
Views: 4382