Lsat Logic In Everyday Life

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A weekly podcast that applies the logic of the LSAT to politics, advertisements, and conventional wisdom. Archives available at www.princetonreview.com. (Author: The Princeton Review)
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Recent episodes from Lsat Logic In Everyday Life

  • Orderly Thinking
    Published: Sep 3, 08
    Doctors making decisions in the emergency room use critical thinking similar to the logic tested on the LSAT.
     
  • Binge And Surge
    Published: Aug 20, 08
    There seems to be a significant interest in Phelps's 10,000 calorie-a-day diet. We look at the conclusions that some people are trying to draw from the details of his diet.
     
  • Listener Logic #12
    Published: Aug 11, 08
    1) Does circumcision prevent the spread of HiV? 2) Cohabitation correlated with higher divorce rates? 3) Have girls really caught up to boys in their math skills? 4) How do we make logical decisions in everyday life?
     
  • Alienated
    Published: Aug 1, 08
    This week, we look at arguments by authority as we discuss astronaut Edgar Mitchell's claim that aliens have visited Earth.
     
  • Ripe For The Picking Apart
    Published: Jul 14, 08
    After pointing the finger at tomatoes and causing over $100 million dollars of loss in that industry, government officials are turning their attention to other possible causes of the Salmonella outbreak, giving us a prime opportunity to see the real world consequences of jumping to causal conclusions.
     
  • Patience, Patients
    Published: Jun 23, 08
    This week, scientists cloned one man's immune cells to help cure his melanoma. We look at ways in which the study can be built out to draw broad conclusions about the general cancer patient population.
     
  • Lessons From The Heart
    Published: Jun 16, 08
    This week, we look at the assumptions and caveats built into the Framingham Risk Assessment Tool, designed to predict the likelihood of coronary disease symptoms.
     
  • Hold The Phone
    Published: Jun 9, 08
    This week, we look at methodological flaws in studies purporting to demonstrate cell phone safety.
     
  • Pressing The Press Secretary
    Published: Jun 2, 08
    This week, the California Supreme Court ruled Proposition 22 to be unconstitutional. In this week's podcast, we discuss the arguments surrounding the court's decision.
     
  • Wedlock Gridlock
    Published: May 19, 08
    This week, the California Supreme Court ruled Proposition 22 to be unconstitutional. In this week's podcast, we discuss the arguments surrounding the court's decision.
     
  • Video Game Theory
    Published: May 5, 08
    The release of Grand Theft Auto IV from Rockstar games sparked predictable outrage at the level of violence, gore, and sex, but is that outrage justified?
     
  • The Price Is Rice
    Published: Apr 28, 08
    Was this week's run on rice due to panicky misperceptions about American food supply, or was it a reaction to the rising price?
     
  • Listener Logic #11
    Published: Apr 21, 08
    1) The ABC Democratic primary debate; 2) Single sex schools in Georgia; 3) Percentages and Numbers flaws with article about iPhone users; 4) Personal appeals to Iraqis.
     
  • Autism Awareness
    Published: Apr 7, 08
    Autism Awareness Day brought the debate about a possible connection between vaccines and autism to the national spotlight. We look at the terms of the debate.
     
  • Fat Chance
    Published: Feb 11, 08
    This week, a bill was proposed (and subsequently rejected) in the state legislature in MIssissippi that would ban obese people from restaurants. We look at why the bill fails to address the problem of obesity.