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Reasoning vs Sophont - What's the difference?

reasoning | sophont |

As nouns the difference between reasoning and sophont

is that reasoning is action of the verb to reason while sophont is (chiefly|science fiction) an intelligent being; a being with a base reasoning capacity roughly equivalent to or greater than that of a human being the word does not apply to machines unless they have true artificial intelligence, rather than mere processing capacity.

As a verb reasoning

is .

reasoning

English

(wikipedia reasoning)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Action of the verb to reason .
  • The deduction of inferences or interpretations from premises; abstract thought; ratiocination.

    • Synonyms

    * (deduction of inferences) ratiocination * rationale

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    sophont

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chiefly, science fiction) An intelligent being; a being with a base reasoning capacity roughly equivalent to or greater than that of a human being. The word does not apply to machines unless they have true artificial intelligence, rather than mere processing capacity.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year = 1966 , first = Poul , last = Anderson , authorlink = Poul Anderson , title = Trouble Twisters , passage = Likewise with the psychology of intelligent species. Most sophonts indeed possess basic instincts which diverge more or less from man's. With those of radically alien motivations we have little contact. }}
  • * 1980 , , p50
    • I'm honored to meet a sophont of the Soro line in person!
  • * 1992 , , Tor Books, p406
    • Evil, they argued, could only have meaning on smaller scales, in the hurt that one sophont does to another.
  • * 1997 , , Lifehouse , Baen Books, p2
    • Only one sophont appeared to be involved—and not a sophisticated one.
  • * 2004 , Howard Tayler , Mar. 28, 2004, web-comic / self-published
    • Like most sensible sophonts , they invented civilization. With civilization came civility, civil service, and of course civil war.
  • * 2007 , Howard Tayler, , Nov. 30, 2007, web-comic / self-published
    • As I understand it, he sought to avoid turning one-point-six trillion terran sophonts into undead, war-mongering super-soldiers.
  • * 2009 , Howard Tayler, , Oct. 11, 2009, web-comic / self-published
    • Reflection on the nature of sapience, and the ubiquity of violence among sophonts ?

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