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Thinking LSAT

Episode 90: Let’s Get Digital… Digital.

Thinking LSAT

Nathan Fox and Ben Olson

Education

4.8868 Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2017

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

Ben recommends a book that he’s been enjoying: What Doesn’t Kill Us: How Freezing Water, Extreme Altitude and Environmental Conditioning Will Renew Our Lost Evolutionary Strength. Ben’s started taking cold showers, but Nathan remains unconvinced (and warm). (0:17)

Looking for an LSAT prep course? Consider Ben’s 100-Hour Online LSAT Course or Nathan’s Fox LSAT On Demand class. Learn in-person, over skype, or online from the guys you already enjoy listening to! (4:28)

Nathan shares some (pretty unsurprising) news out of Yale Law School this week. Following Harvard’s recent announcement that they would be accepting GRE scores from law school applicants, Yale proclaims they will likewise accept scores from the GRE. What’s next—Stanford?!? Probably. (8:48)

The LSAC is seeking participants for their Digital LSAT Pilot Test on May 20. The test will be tablet-based and is taking place at 20 sites throughout the United States. While no official score will be reported, this could be a good chance to practice for the real thing. Benefits to the 1,000 chosen guinea pigs include a $100 gift card, analysis of their test performance, and the eternal gratitude of The Thinking LSAT Podcast (pending your full report of the pilot). The application period ends April 15 so apply ASAP. (9:55)

Emails abound on Episode 90 of the show! Hear Nathan and Ben respond to these listeners:

Desperate Sarah wonders if a great score on the June LSAT could work as a bargaining chip on the schools that have waitlisted her. (24:08)

Boston Eric improved 10 points since his diagnostic in January and asks if the guys think it’s possible for him to jump 5-10 more by June. (35:35)

Nervous Ted put off taking a diagnostic LSAT because he was worried about what a low score would mean for his future. Family support and this podcast convinced him he had to see where he was starting from. (47:58)

Impatient Jenny plans to take the June LSAT and apply to start law school this fall—like, three months after this June, fall. (Mistake.) (55:25)

Wonderful-wedding-guest Anita works as a lobbyist in the state legislature but wants to become a litigator. She is worried about her practice scores fluctuating between 160-171 and hopes the guys have tips on stabilizing her score. (1:10:53)

We continue Logical Reasoning Section 3 of the June 2007 LSAT with Question 22, a Must Be True question involving conditional reasoning and some tricky word order. To play at home, just download the free test; work through Section 3, Question 22; listen in as we discuss the solution. (1:19:25)

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to episode 90 of the Thinking El-Sat podcast in Los Angeles. I'm Nathan Fox with me in Washington DC is Ben Olson

0:15.5

Ben what's the latest? I just started reading a book called What Doesn't Kill Us and

0:21.4

it's about how we basically control our environment so much now that we

0:29.9

never experience cold or warm and the idea is that those sort of things

0:36.4

getting cold and then getting hot or whatever is actually good for you.

0:43.5

And it talks about the research that goes into that

0:46.2

and what systems are basically becoming dormant,

0:51.1

not being used because we never experienced cold for more than like, you know,

0:55.8

two minutes you walk to your car and then you make it perfect temperature and you go home and all that stuff.

1:01.5

And there's a whole movement that's going on with it just like exercise right

1:06.3

it's like replacing what we used to do as we walked around yeah and all this stuff

1:11.1

it's pretty interesting so I started taking cold showers.

1:15.1

Oh shit, wow. You and Tony Robbins. Oh does he do that? Well,

1:20.4

Tony Robbins does the like, and what's your other self-improvement guy that you like?

1:25.0

Well, I, well, hold on. I was just about to say that I don't, I have a negative impression in my mind of Tony Robbins. I have no idea why. I don't actually

1:36.3

know much about it. I bet you would love it. It's just... Really? Hell yeah, man. It's like personal

1:41.1

empowerment, self betterment, very modern, very forward thinking.

1:45.8

I mean, I'm not into it, but to me it seems like a preacher and so I'm like out.

1:50.4

This guy has people like walk on coals and stuff know I think that's garbage the power of the mind dude

1:55.8

Well anyway I I don't know what an impression I've given you but I think you should not be a hater I think you should check it out I

2:04.8

bet he has you know it's a conversation between a wise man and a fool anyway I'm

2:09.0

sure you could learn something from him if you if you you know saw what he had to say but no he he does like cold

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