How I'd do it: 1. Define reasoning (hard) 2. Inspect the system to see if this is what it's doing (hard) Conclusion: too hard, so until I get better I don't

How I'd do it: 1. Define reasoning (hard) 2. Inspect the system to see if this is what it's doing (hard) Conclusion: too hard, so until I get better I don't know if any given thing is reasoning. What "very smart people have proposed": 1. Look at something I've only seen people-I-assume-to-be reasoning do 2. Run the system and see if it can do this 3. If satisfied or in the dictionary business, redefine reasoning 4. goto 1