The LSAT's time constraint systematically makes speed-dominant test-takers (like 'Hare') appear better than they are and time-intensive careful test-takers (like 'Tortoise') appear worse than they are, distorting selection away from the traits—carefulness and deep analysis—that actual legal practice requires.

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Speaker

Malcolm Gladwell

Evidence Quote

the result of creating a speeded power test for the LSAT...is to make hair look better than he actually is and toward us look worse than she actually is right why would we do this in a profession that is based on Tortoise thinking

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A Perspective with Malcolm GladwellGoogle Zeitgeist
Created: 8/13/2026, 7:47:10 AM

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