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The author concludes that we understand the analytical capabilities of our minds much more than we understand our own senses.

Why does the author think this?

Because computer modeling of reasoning tasks is easier than computer modeling of other cognitive tasks, such as the processing of sense images.

The author assumes that the ease with which computers can model a cognitive task is indicative of the level to which we understand that aspect of our cognition.

(A) would allow us to correlate the degree of difficult of making computer models of a task with the “difficulty of performing those tasks.” But the conclusion isn’t about the difficult of performing various cognitive tasks. It’s about how well we UNDERSTAND those aspects of ourselves.

(B) correlates understanding of a computer ability to perform a task with our own understanding of our ability to perform it. But the premise doesn’t concern understanding of a computer’ ability to perform a task. It’s about how EASY it is to make a computer model of those tasks.

The argument isn’t concerned with proving that computers possess true intelligence.

(D) builds a bridge from the premise to the conclusion. The easier (less difficult) it is to make a computer model of a task, the better we understand that task. So, since modeling reasoning tasks is easier than other cognitive tasks, such as those related to processing sense images, that implies we understand our own reasoning better than we understand our ability to sense images.

The argument isn’t concerned with how useful it is to use computer model to study human cognition.

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