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Human beings have cognitive faculties that are superior to those of other animals, and once humans become aware of these, they cannot be made happy by anything that does not involve gratification of these faculties.
Which one of the following statements, if true, most calls into question the view above?
(A) Certain animals-dolphins and chimpanzees, for example-appear to be capable of rational communication.
(B) Many people familiar both with intellectual stimulation and with physical pleasures enjoy the latter more.
(C) Someone who never experienced classical music as a child will usually prefer popular music as an adult.
(D) Many people who are serious athletes consider themselves to be happy.
(E) Many people who are serious athletes love gourmet food.
Which one of the following statements, if true, most calls into question the view above?
(A) Certain animals-dolphins and chimpanzees, for example-appear to be capable of rational communication.
(B) Many people familiar both with intellectual stimulation and with physical pleasures enjoy the latter more.
(C) Someone who never experienced classical music as a child will usually prefer popular music as an adult.
(D) Many people who are serious athletes consider themselves to be happy.
(E) Many people who are serious athletes love gourmet food.
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This question is not a GMAT like-question clearly. Even though many experts endorse the use of LSAT question for the GMAT I disagree. We do have so many official questions that they are more than enough to score at the best during the exam.
LSAT questions have a too abstract logic which not all the time is addressed on the GMAT. But of course this is my personal opinion. That' is me
back to the question: we need to address that choice which is related to cognitive faculties. Turns out, related to our mind AND at the same time we can experience some that is NOT related or also related to both worlds: cognitive (mind) and physically
A, D,a nd E address only one aspect. so they are OFF
between B and C, the latter C tells us about music experience. However, doing so we address once again ONLy one aspect: the cognitive.
B instead tells us
Many people familiar both with intellectual stimulation and with physical pleasures enjoy the latter more.
Both of what we are looking for
B is the answer
LSAT questions have a too abstract logic which not all the time is addressed on the GMAT. But of course this is my personal opinion. That' is me
back to the question: we need to address that choice which is related to cognitive faculties. Turns out, related to our mind AND at the same time we can experience some that is NOT related or also related to both worlds: cognitive (mind) and physically
A, D,a nd E address only one aspect. so they are OFF
between B and C, the latter C tells us about music experience. However, doing so we address once again ONLy one aspect: the cognitive.
B instead tells us
Many people familiar both with intellectual stimulation and with physical pleasures enjoy the latter more.
Both of what we are looking for
B is the answer
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The question stem, in an unusual way, tells us we’re looking for a weakener. So, we’re looking to weaken the notion that
humans can only be made happy by gratifying their higher cognitive functions, once they have become aware of those
faculties. (B) contradicts this notion. If many humans who are aware of intellectual gratification nonetheless prefer physical
pleasure, this would suggest that they can be made happy by something other than gratification of their higher cognitive
faculties, in which case the author’s conclusion would seem too hasty.
(A) suggests that some animals possess certain kinds of cognitive faculties, which does not at all conflict with the author’s
assertion that human cognitive faculties are simply on a higher level. (A) is irrelevant to the argument.
(C) says that humans need exposure to classical music early if they are to prefer it later, but so what? We don’t know
whether classical music is one of the “higher faculties” and (C) doesn’t present us with a case of a person being aware of the
higher pleasure but choosing the baser pleasure.
(D) , (E) We don’t know whether those athletes have been turned on to the higher pleasures or what pleasures they prefer
more, so (D) and (E) don’t matter. The notion of “serious athletes” as presented in these choices is too ambiguous to have
any real effect on the argument here.
humans can only be made happy by gratifying their higher cognitive functions, once they have become aware of those
faculties. (B) contradicts this notion. If many humans who are aware of intellectual gratification nonetheless prefer physical
pleasure, this would suggest that they can be made happy by something other than gratification of their higher cognitive
faculties, in which case the author’s conclusion would seem too hasty.
(A) suggests that some animals possess certain kinds of cognitive faculties, which does not at all conflict with the author’s
assertion that human cognitive faculties are simply on a higher level. (A) is irrelevant to the argument.
(C) says that humans need exposure to classical music early if they are to prefer it later, but so what? We don’t know
whether classical music is one of the “higher faculties” and (C) doesn’t present us with a case of a person being aware of the
higher pleasure but choosing the baser pleasure.
(D) , (E) We don’t know whether those athletes have been turned on to the higher pleasures or what pleasures they prefer
more, so (D) and (E) don’t matter. The notion of “serious athletes” as presented in these choices is too ambiguous to have
any real effect on the argument here.
