The Assumption Rule Everyone Gets Backwards
from The 7Sage Podcast
You know the difference between a necessary and a sufficient condition. So why do necessary and sufficient assumption questions still feel like a coin flip? Bailey breaks down the mix up at the root of it, plus the negation test done properly, what "not all" actually means, and why a too strong answer is never a reason to eliminate on sufficient assumption. Ethan attempts his first ever LR question on air. Then there is Mia. Big score, strong GPA, and career goals running from the White House to immigration law. Pauline and Ethan explain why that reads as an undergrad application, and why the strongest profile in the room can still get waved off for another year.
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- 0:00 Mia's career goals and the maturity problem
- 2:40 Pauline's cycle, and the advisor who said no
- 7:55 Apply to the reach anyway
- 10:03 Student of the Week: Mia
- 10:48 Sufficient vs necessary: the mix up
- 15:45 The negation test
- 23:26 Descriptive premises, prescriptive conclusions
- 26:14 Working PT141 S4 Q13
- 27:01 Ethan's first LR question
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