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I'd be willing to argue that "sentient" is a bad word. These creatures are capable of transmitting complicated ideas. That means they have wisdom. This means th

by xena 3y ago

I'd be willing to argue that "sentient" is a bad word. These creatures are capable of transmitting complicated ideas. That means they have wisdom. This means they are sapient, not sentient. Sentient means they are able to respond to input, but we don't go around and call HTTP servers sentient.

hombre_fatal 3y ago
We don’t call HTTP servers sentient because that’s not the definition of sentience. Having a subjective experience defines sentience.
FooBarBizBazz 3y ago
That's a distinction I hadn't paid attention to before. Yeah, it would seem orcas have both -- sentence and sapience. And the sapience is more interesting / less immediately obvious.