Ingenuity and Reason

Ingenuity

Ingenuity noun - The skill and imagination to create new things.

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Reason and ingenuity are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Reason" instead a noun "Ingenuity".

Reason noun - A statement given to explain a belief or act.

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Ingenuity and reason are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ingenuity" instead a noun "Reason".

good	good ingenuity	good reason
similar	similar ingenuity	similar reason
common	common ingenuity	common reason
legitimate	legitimate ingenuity	legitimate reason
Other adjectives: simple, real, little.

The basic reason for this is that our technical ingenuity — that is, our ability to devise new ways of building and doing things — is advancing faster than our social ingenuity — that is, our ability to devise new ways to associate and relate with one another.

Source: In Your Nature to Destroy Yourselves
But as humanity grew in both technology and in reason, he found himself fascinated and impressed with human goods and ingenuity.

Source: Intrigued by Humanity
Probably the reason is that the "surviving with ingenuity on a desert island" part of the story eventually gets boring, and to have a dramatic climax before the final rescuing there is nothing better than to throw in a fight with Pirates for no other reason than the Rule of Cool.

Source: Salvage Pirates

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