Totally agree that Malcolm Gladwell is so frequently wrong as a surface-level guy on many things. But about the party trick of looking at what answers are wrong without looking at the question, I believe that's from the Loophole by Ellen Cassidy, and I don't think she was recommending it as an actual strategy for the LSAT. She definitely qualified it by saying it only works on some questions, and that the main point was to just show that some answers are definitively wrong and there's a pattern to some wrong answers. Love the podcast though!
Thank you for the thoughtful insight! We really appreciate it! I think Nathan and Erik are on the same page that this is more of a "party trick" to highlight how bad many wrong answers are. That said, it’s worth noting that on every LSAT question, it’s not just “some” answers that are definitely wrong-four out of five always are. Thanks for listening, and we’re glad you’re enjoying the podcast!
Totally agree that Malcolm Gladwell is so frequently wrong as a surface-level guy on many things. But about the party trick of looking at what answers are wrong without looking at the question, I believe that's from the Loophole by Ellen Cassidy, and I don't think she was recommending it as an actual strategy for the LSAT. She definitely qualified it by saying it only works on some questions, and that the main point was to just show that some answers are definitively wrong and there's a pattern to some wrong answers. Love the podcast though!
Thank you for the thoughtful insight! We really appreciate it! I think Nathan and Erik are on the same page that this is more of a "party trick" to highlight how bad many wrong answers are. That said, it’s worth noting that on every LSAT question, it’s not just “some” answers that are definitely wrong-four out of five always are. Thanks for listening, and we’re glad you’re enjoying the podcast!