Hume concludes that there is an innate faculty of instincts which both beasts and humans share, namely, the ability to reason experimentally ( through custom ).

Nevertheless, he admits, humans and animals differ in mental faculties in a number of ways, including: differences in memory and attention, inferential abilities, ability to make deductions in a long chain, ability to grasp ideas more or less clearly, the human capacity to worry about conflating unrelated circumstances, a sagely prudence which arrests generalizations, a capacity for a greater inner library of analogies to reason with, an ability to detach oneself and scrap one's own biases, and an ability to converse through language ( and thus gain from the experience of others ' testimonies ).

The Blight rapidly learns how to infiltrate and control the computer systems of High Lab, and even develops the ability to possess and control the living humans.

When the human main character, Takeru, argues that humans also have the ability to reproduce and disperse, the higher existence says carbon too easily mingles with other elements and therefore it would be impossible for a carbon-based existence to have evolved on its own.

* God gave humans the ability to reason.

As a result, humans evolved the ability to sweat: a process which was facilitated by the loss of body hair.

Horses also sweat, and they are larger, hairier, and expend more energy running than human males, so there may not be any connection between the ability to sweat and the apparent hairlessness of humans.

Jawed vertebrates, including humans, have even more sophisticated defense mechanisms, including the ability to adapt over time to recognize specific pathogens more efficiently.

" Sperm whales, on the other hand, while having demonstrated the ability and occasional behavior to swallow more than a grown man whole, have not yet been observed to demonstrate the inclination to swallow humans and generally are known to use their teeth to tear their food to pieces rather than swallow whole.

Philosophers in ancient societies were interested in how humans acquired the ability to understand and produce language well before empirical methods for testing those theories were developed, but for the most part they seemed to regard language acquisition as a subset of man's ability to acquire knowledge and learn concepts.

Additionally, Sanskrit grammarians debated for over twelve centuries whether humans ' ability to recognize the meaning of words was god-given ( possibly innate ) or passed down by previous generations and learned from already established conventions — e. g. a child learning the word for cow by listening to trusted speakers talking about cows.

Consciousness in mammals ( this includes humans ) is an aspect of the mind generally thought to comprise qualities such as subjectivity, sentience, and the ability to perceive the relationship between oneself and one's environment.

Nonetheless, contrary to other reports, the project's leaders always intended for pilots to be able to control their spacecraft, as they valued humans ' ability to contribute to missions ' success.

Mentats are humans trained to mimic computers: human minds developed to staggering heights of cognitive and analytical ability.

All humans in the Marvel Universe have the ability to use magic, but only if properly trained.

A crucial role of this process is the ability of humans from an early age to engage in speech repetition and so quickly acquire a spoken vocabulary from the pronunciation of words spoken around them.

In the historical relationship between metaphysics and philosophy of religion, the traditional objects of religious discussion have been very special sorts of entities ( such as gods, angels, supernatural forces, and the like ) and events, abilities, or processes ( the creation of the universe, the ability to do or know anything, interaction between humans and gods, and so forth ).

It is evident from the Biblical scriptures that God creates options that humans can choose ; our ability to have chosen another option is essential to God caring about the choice that we make ( and His particular absolute, more than temporal, unchanging, eternal judgement of that choice ).

The collapse will reduce the ability of Earth to support large numbers of humans for a long time into the future.

It is thought that human running evolved at least four and a half million years ago out of the ability of the ape-like Australopithecus, an early ancestor of humans, to walk upright on two legs.

In 2004, scientists at the University of Utah and Harvard University hypothesized that the ability of humans to sustain long-distance endurance running may have been instrumental in the evolution of the human form.

`` The church's ability to change her methods is going to determine her ability to meet the challenge of this hour ''.

The antibodies are ineffective because of the virus ' ability to change their coats rapidly.

This change temporarily stopped the ability to read this network from February to December 1942.

On a PC you will usually have the ability to change the platform software.

This change in conformation disables the ability of the protein to undergo digestion.

Peacock Flounder Bothus mancus demonstrating its ability to # Crypsis_by_changing_skin_pattern. 2C_colour | change its pattern and colours to match its environment

The valves change the length of the vibrating column and provide the cornet with the ability to play chromatically.

weapons laboratory, as well as a custom-built battle van, constructed by the Wakanda Design Group with the ability to change its color for disguise purposes ( red, white and blue ), and fitted to store and conceal the custom motorcycle in its rear section with a frame that allows Rogers to launch from the vehicle riding it.

But, in fact, when I look at a person I see this maelstrom of organic, chemical and electron chaos ; volatility and instability, shimmering ; and the ability to change and transform and transmute.

Emulsion stability refers to the ability of an emulsion to resist change in its properties over time.

In his 1852 paper on the " Refrangibility " ( wavelength change ) of light, George Gabriel Stokes described the ability of fluorspar and uranium glass to change invisible light beyond the violet end of the visible spectrum into blue light.

The Federation of Expellees has steadily lobbied to preserve the inheritability clause, as a change might deeply affect its ability to recruit new members from the post-WWII generations.

Inductors are one of the basic components used in electronics where current and voltage change with time, due to the ability of inductors to delay and reshape alternating currents.

This change adds new features such as the ability to send IMs directly from the client's contact list.

The ability to change the pattern of the loom's weave by simply changing cards was an important conceptual precursor to the development of computer programming.

At the forum, Falwell told homosexuals in attendance " I don't agree with your lifestyle, I will never agree with your lifestyle, but I love you " and added " anything that leaves the impression that we hate the sinner, we want to change that " He later commented to New York Times columnist Frank Rich that “ admittedly, evangelicals have not exhibited an ability to build a bond of friendship to the gay and lesbian community.

More conventionally named roadie Jack Slaughter and road manager Dylan Ferrero rounded out the crew and provided most of the driving of the " tour bus ", a Cadillac with 10-year-old expired license plates and a nasty predilection for going into a coma at the most inconvenient moment ( but, according to Friedman, her talent lay in her ability to stop on a dime and pick up the change ).

However, because these tools do not implement the " web of abstract concepts " hiding behind the system of natural-language macros, or provide an ability to change the order of the source code from a machine-imposed sequence to one convenient to the human mind, they cannot properly be called literate programming tools in the sense intended by Knuth.

Among the many practical functions of imagination are the ability to project possible futures ( or histories ), to " see " things from another's perspective, and to change the way something is perceived, including to make decisions to respond to, or enact, what is imagined.

Struck with young Amyraut's ability and culture, they both urged him to change from law to theology.

Recently, Oxfam has claimed that the lifestyle of the Maasai should be embraced as a response to climate change because of their ability to farm in deserts and scrublands.

In Bush's idea, the ability to connect, annotate, and share both published works and personal trails would profoundly change the process by which the " world's record " is created and used:

Along the way he will have his liver and pancreas modified to biochemically nullify his ability to get high ; meet the leatherclad Razorgirl, Molly ; hang out with the drug-infused space-rastas ; free an artificial intelligence ( Wintermute ) and change the landscape of the Matrix.