But if, within our own species, we don't regard differences in intelligence, reasoning ability, or self-awareness as grounds for permitting us to exploit the being with lower capacities for our own ends, how can we point to the same characteristics to justify exploiting members of other species?

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And such a machine could be pitted against a human opponent, giving a clear measure of the machine's ability in this kind of reasoning.

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People who were asked to reflect on their many past successes or a specific failure scored roughly 10% better on tests of mathematical ability, as well as verbal, spatial, and abstract reasoning, than those who reflected on either many past failures or a single specific success.

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Though I understand the reasoning behind such complaints, I would argue that a broader geographic space should (a) improve the ability of a host city to absorb a larger volume of visitors without causing congestion and (b) give visitors a greater variety of things to do and see during their stay.

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