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Computers perform actions that are closer to thinking than anything non-human animals do. Nut computers do not have volitional powers, although some non-human animals do.

Which of the following is most strongly supported by the information above?

(A) Having volitional powers need not involve thinking.

(B) Things that are not animals do not have volitional powers.

(C) Computers possess none of the attribution of living things.

(D) It is necessary to have volitional powers in order to think.

(E) Computer will never be able to think as human beings do.

yashikaaggarwal · Answer

Computers perform actions that are closer to thinking than anything non-human animals do. Nut computers do not have volitional powers, although some non-human animals do.

Which of the following is most strongly supported by the information above?

(A) Having volitional powers need not involve thinking.(can't be concluded)

(B) Things that are not animals do not have volitional powers.(not appropriate)

(C) Computers possess none of the attribution of living things.(seems appropriate among all)

(D) It is necessary to have volitional powers in order to think.(negative statement, not mentioned above)

(E) Computer will never be able to think as human beings do. (Not specifically said)
Answer is supposedly C

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exc4libur · Answer

argument
= pcs actions are closer to thinking x non-h animals actions
= n-pcs dont have vol powers, but some non-h animals do

infer
ans (A) pcs perform actions close to thinking, even though some don't have vol powers.

naul · Answer

"Computers perform actions that are closer to thinking than anything non-human animals do." - This makes me to think that non human animals do think but not like human so, this weakens option A.

sony1000 · Answer

Is nut computers a typo? Anyone knows what it means...I understand you need to have good command of english but some of these questions require shakesperian savoire faire

honey1 · Answer

can any body explain why not answer is c

dagrawal · Answer

In Option C None is strong word and we cannot generalize thing about computer since we only know about thinking process.

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SsdfHarsha123 · Answer

Even non-h animals think, though their thinking now not as close to thinking as computer thinking is. So, having volitional powers can still imply certain level of thinking

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dhwantsingal · Answer

Statements:
= comp actions are closer to thinking x non-h animals actions
= n-comp x have vol pw, but some non-h animals do

Let’s look at which option can be inferred from these arguments.

A) Having volitional powers need not involve thinking.
In statement 2 a type of computer (Nut) has volitional powers, which is also present in some non-human animals. But since in statement 1 it’s mentioned that computers actions are close to thinking which is something that non-human animals don’t do, it can be inferred having volitional powers and thinking are two entirely different things and having volitional powers need not involve thinking. 
 Keep A

B) Things that are not animals do not have volitional powers.
The second argument clearly states that some non human animals have volition powers. That means some non animals have volitional powers.  Reject B

C) Computers possess none of the attribution of living things.
The above statements doesn’t hint anything about the whole living species. Living things could be humans, animals, plants, algae. Anything. This option is out of scope.  Reject C

D) It is necessary to have volitional powers in order to think
We know that non-human animals have volitional powers and computers can perform actions that can’t be performed by non-human animals. It’s be stated that computers perform action of thinking. So, in it not necessary to have volitional powers to think.  Reject D

E) Computer will never be able to think as human beings do.
As option C, this statement is also out of the scope of the passage. The passage nowhere hints at talking about human beings.  Reject E

CrackverbalGMAT · Answer

Hi

Option (C) states: Computers possess  none  of the attribution of living things.

Firstly, the passage appears to contradict this directly, when it states: Computers  perform actions that are closer to thinking  than anything non-human animals do.

While this is not exactly stating that computers can mimic living things, it definitely states that computers  surpass  some living things in thinking. Thus, it would be wrong to claim that computers "possess  none  of the attribution of living things". Secondly, we do not know whether computers can mimic living things in attributes  other than  thinking, which again makes the use of "none" a stretch.

Hope this helps.

rocky620 · Answer

(A) Having volitional powers need not involve thinking...... Ranking in terms of thinking = Humans>Computers>Animals
Ranking in terms of volition abilities Humans =>Animals >Computers.
From these rankings we can deduce this option. Thinking may or may no involve volitional powers.

(B) Things that are not animals do not have volitional powers.... .Not animals will also include humans, and humans have volitional skills.

(C) Computers possess none of the attribution of living things...... It is already stated that " Computers perform actions that are closer to thinking than anything non-human animals do" .

(D) It is necessary to have volitional powers in order to think.... .It is completely contradictory to the stem. Computers can think but do not have volitional skills.

(E) Computer will never be able to think as human beings do...... Its an extreme choice. We do not know for certain that it cannot happen in the future. Also, it is no where mentioned in the passage that volitional abilities are important for thinking. We could have considered this choice if it was mentioned "Volitional abilities are important for thinking" or something on these lines.

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