LSAT Set 11-IV-10

dandan74

10. Decision makers tend to have distinctive styles. One such style is for the decision maker to seek the widest possible input from advisers and to explore alternatives while making up his or her mind. In fact, decision makers of this sort will often argue vigorously for a particular idea, emphasizing its strong points and downplaying its weaknesses, not because they actually believe in the idea but because they want to see if their real reservations about it are idiosyncratic or are held independently by their
advisers.
Which one of the following is most strongly supported by the statement above?
(A) If certain decision makers’ statements are quoted accurately and at length; the content of the quote could nonetheless be greatly at variance with the decision eventually make.
(B) Certain decision makers do not know which ideas they do not really believe in until after they have presented a variety of ideas to their advisers
(C) If certain decision makers dismiss an idea out of hand, it must be because its weaknesses are more pronounced than any strong points it may have.
(D) Certain decision makers proceed in a way that makes it likely that they will frequently decide in favor of ideas in which they do not believe.
(E) If certain decision makers’ advisers know the actual beliefs of those they advise, those advisers will give better advice than they would if they did not know those beliefs.
The answer is E, Why? Confused!
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miejue

注意原文中的they want to see if their real reservations about it are idiosyncratic or are held independently by their advisers.所以，如果Advisors知道那些Decision Maker的真实想法，那就难以提供给decision maker一个判别的有效依据了。因为可能这些advisor会附和decision maker的想法。原文还特意指出了decision makers为了不让advisor知道他们的真实想法often argue vigorously for a particular idea, emphasizing its strong points and downplaying its weaknesses。

dandan74

多谢解释，我看来是把E的意思理解反了。

dandan74

我好像把答案搞错了，材料给出的答案是A。很费解。另外，如果E对，答案中的"will  give better"是不是应该是will not give better呢?