Passage - General Questions

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[BostonLawGuy]

I have a question about Q #2.

I chose E because I felt there was textual support that passage A mentions "the impact of social norms on creative output" as E states.

Specifically, the passage states that "using [social norms] comedians are able to maintain substantial incentives to invest in new material."

Can someone please explain how, according to the LSAT writers this is not correct?

[Malila Robinson]

Hi BostonLawGuy,
It sounds like you may be talking about question 14? If that is the case the problem with E is that while you are absolutely correct that the effects of social norms on creative outputs is mentioned in passage A, it is also discussed in passage B because social norms stop chefs from copying another chef's recipe innovation exactly, which means that social norms are "forcing" them to come up with their own innovative/creative ways to achieve similar results/outputs.
Hope that helps!

-Malila

[BostonLawGuy]

Thanks so much for that insight. It's clear now!