LSAT 23 | Section 2 | Logical Reasoning: Q7

LR Question 7 Explanation

QUESTION TEXT: Computers perform actions that are closer to thinking…

QUESTION TYPE: Most Strongly Supported

FACTS:

1. Both computers and nonhuman animals don’t think.
2. Computers don’t have volitional powers.
3. Some nonhuman animals have volitional powers.

ANALYSIS: You can combine statements. Computers don’t think, and they don’t have volitional powers.

Likewise, no nonhuman animals think, but some of them have volitional powers.

So some nonhuman animals don’t think but do have volitional powers.

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1. CORRECT. This is true because some nonhumans animals have volitional powers, and all nonhuman animals do not think.
2. Hard to say. We know computers don’t, but maybe some non-animal things do have volitional powers.
3. This is pretty strong. Just because computers don’t think doesn’t mean they aren’t similar to use in other ways. We’re both made of atoms, for example.
4. Who knows. Maybe there are some things that can think but that don’t have volitional powers.
5. Hard to say. In the future, we might be able to create a computer that can think.

Recap: The question begins with “Computers perform actions that are closer to thinking”. It is a Most Strongly Supported question. Learn how to master LSAT MSS questions on the LSAT Logical Reasoning question types page.