Lsat logical reasoning practice
questions
most antidepressant drugs cause weight gain. While dieting can help reduce the amount of weight
gained while taking such antidepressants, some weight gain is unlikely to be preventable.
the info above most strongly supports which one of the following? - correct answer A) a physician
should not prescribe any antidepressant drugs for a patient if that patient is overweight
B) people who are trying to lose weight should not ask their doctors for an antidepressant drug
C) at least some patients taking antidepressAnt drugs gain weight as a result of taking them
D) the weight gain experienced by patients taking antidepressant drugs should be attributed to lack of
dieting
E) all patients taking antidepressant drugs should diet to maintain their weight
Some statisticians claim that the surest way to increase the overall correctness of the total set of one's
beliefs is: never change that set, except by rejecting a belief when given adequate evidence against it.
However, if this were the only rule one followed, then whenever one were presented with any kind of
evidence, one would have to either reject some of one's beliefs or else leave one's beliefs unchanged.
But then, over time, one could only have fewer and fewer beliefs. Since we need many beliefs in order
to survive, the statisticians' claim must be mistaken.
this argument is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that it: - correct answer A) presumes,
without providing any justification, that the surest way of increasing the overall correctness of the total
set of ones beliefs must not hinder ones ability to survive.
B) neglects the possibility that even while following the statisticians' rule, one might also accept new
beliefs when presented with some kind of evidence.
