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The technical meaning of "sentient" is "capable of feeling". It's opposed to "sapient", which means capable of thinking. It's a reasonable adaptation of the te
by adrusi 8y ago
The technical meaning of "sentient" is "capable of feeling". It's opposed to "sapient", which means capable of thinking.
It's a reasonable adaptation of the term to have it mean "capable of transmitting touch signals to the wearers nervous system" in the context of prosthetics.
- BurningFrog 8y agoThat's an unfortunate accident of technical jargon...
- labster 8y agoOh good, I was worried that Andy Weir was a coauthor for a sec: http://www.galactanet.com/comic/view.php?strip=665 http://www.galactanet.com/comic/view.php?strip=665
- mftrhu 8y agoWouldn't "sensate" be a better word?
- adrusi 8y agoYes.