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"Are you sure you don't mean sapient?" | "Are you sure you don't mean sapient?" | ||
:(The above was apparently by Derik. Remember: Signatures are your friends.) I think he's asking if "sentient" (i.e., is capable of feeling things) conveys the intended idea as well as "sapient" (i.e., capable of reason). However, pretty much EVERYONE means "capable of reason" when they use "sentient." (Has ''Star Trek'' '''ever''' used the word "sapient"?) In fact, my dictionary seems to want to define "sapient" as "wise" or "sagacious" (neither of which apply to Scrapmetal), and includes a defintion of "sentient" which says "possessing the powers of feeling or perception." Perception ''might'' be argued to include some form of reasoning capacity. In any event, if we DO wish to change the word to "sapient" in the interests of more precise language, remember to change the reference to the "sentient" Scrapmetal in the [[Scrapmetal drones (UT)]] article as well.--[[User:G.B. Blackrock|G.B. Blackrock]] 15:54, 22 June 2006 (UTC)<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div> | :(The above was apparently by Derik. Remember: Signatures are your friends.) I think he's asking if "sentient" (i.e., is capable of feeling things) conveys the intended idea as well as "sapient" (i.e., capable of reason). However, pretty much EVERYONE means "capable of reason" when they use "sentient." (Has ''Star Trek'' '''ever''' used the word "sapient"?) In fact, my dictionary seems to want to define "sapient" as "wise" or "sagacious" (neither of which apply to Scrapmetal), and includes a defintion of "sentient" which says "possessing the powers of feeling or perception." Perception ''might'' be argued to include some form of reasoning capacity. In any event, if we DO wish to change the word to "sapient" in the interests of more precise language, remember to change the reference to the "sentient" Scrapmetal in the [[Scrapmetal drones (UT)]] article as well.--[[User:G.B. Blackrock|G.B. Blackrock]] 15:54, 22 June 2006 (UTC) | ||
::I don't think he's serious, G.B. There was just a long-ass retarded discussion about the terms years ago on ATT, hence the quotes. Possibly the most pointless waste of bandwidth ever. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 16:43, 22 June 2006 (UTC)<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div> | |||
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"Are you sure you don't mean sapient?"
- (The above was apparently by Derik. Remember: Signatures are your friends.) I think he's asking if "sentient" (i.e., is capable of feeling things) conveys the intended idea as well as "sapient" (i.e., capable of reason). However, pretty much EVERYONE means "capable of reason" when they use "sentient." (Has Star Trek ever used the word "sapient"?) In fact, my dictionary seems to want to define "sapient" as "wise" or "sagacious" (neither of which apply to Scrapmetal), and includes a defintion of "sentient" which says "possessing the powers of feeling or perception." Perception might be argued to include some form of reasoning capacity. In any event, if we DO wish to change the word to "sapient" in the interests of more precise language, remember to change the reference to the "sentient" Scrapmetal in the Scrapmetal drones (UT) article as well.--G.B. Blackrock 15:54, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
- I don't think he's serious, G.B. There was just a long-ass retarded discussion about the terms years ago on ATT, hence the quotes. Possibly the most pointless waste of bandwidth ever. --ItsWalky 16:43, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
