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But I listed a specific difference: sensation and response. Trees have that. Rocks do not.
by digitaltrees 6mo ago
But I listed a specific difference: sensation and response. Trees have that. Rocks do not.
- Izkata 6mo agoI believe you're using the scientific definition of "sentience", while everyone else is using the common understanding of of the word (which should be called "sapience", but thanks to sci-fi's usage of the word "sentience" is largely not).
- digitaltrees 6mo agoI was a philosophy and cognitive science major in undergrad decades ago so I am definitely guilty of using more jargon based concepts than I should