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Yeah, that's why I didn't like it. That word has too many alternate meanings besides the intended one, which is, more directly, a "Civilization." After scouring Wikipedia, I'd have to say that "Sapient" is definitely the best word I've found. Here's a brief blurb from Wikipedia: ''"In fantasy fiction and science fiction, sapience describes an essential human property that bestows "personhood" onto a non-human. It indicates that a computer, alien, mythical creature or other object will be treated as a completely human character, with similar rights, capabilities and desires as any human character."'' Otherwise, I'd say Intelligent Species is the next best thing. {{:User:Embyr_75/sig}} 03:03, 2 August 2013 (UTC) | Yeah, that's why I didn't like it. That word has too many alternate meanings besides the intended one, which is, more directly, a "Civilization." After scouring Wikipedia, I'd have to say that "Sapient" is definitely the best word I've found. Here's a brief blurb from Wikipedia: ''"In fantasy fiction and science fiction, sapience describes an essential human property that bestows "personhood" onto a non-human. It indicates that a computer, alien, mythical creature or other object will be treated as a completely human character, with similar rights, capabilities and desires as any human character."'' Otherwise, I'd say Intelligent Species is the next best thing. {{:User:Embyr_75/sig}} 03:03, 2 August 2013 (UTC) | ||
:OK, one more comment on this. If "Sapient" or "Intelligent Species" doesn't work for everyone, I'd like to direct your attention to the [[Metroid Prime 2: Echoes Bonus Disc Logbook]]. It's set up a little differently from the regular logbook. The [[Ing]] and [[Space Pirate]]s are filed away under "Sentient" whereas the other creatures are not. Even though this doesn't reflect the full scope of the word as some use it, apparently, in the ''Metroid'' universe, "Sentient" is limited to intelligent, self-aware, organized species. Some Sci-Fi series will use the word this way, like ''Star Trek'', so I guess this isn't surprising. So I'd actually support any of those three suggestions, in light of this: ''Sapient'', ''Intelligent Species'', or ''Sentient''. {{:User:Embyr_75/sig}} 00:56, 16 August 2013 (UTC) | |||
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