Space!, Friday

[not_a_whiner]

Sapience

Kaidan had written the word on his holographic display in really big letters. It hung in the air in front of the class.

"Sapience," he said, "Is a step beyond sentience. Sentience presumes some level of self-awareness. Sapience presumes a human - or bigger - level of understanding and intelligence. Humans are a sapient species. So are, at least in my universe, asari, krogan, turians, quarians, salarians..." He nodded towards Mordin if he was there. "'Course, to compare them all to humans could be considered racist. Each of these species has had their own experiences, their own homeworlds, and so their own philosophies and ideas. Sapience is a big thing. It's not something we can easily predict. We're still not even sure exactly what makes a species sapient in the long run. Hell, some people are still arguing about whether or not humans really qualify."

He cleared his throat. "If there's anyone here who's from a non-human species or who has known members of a non-human sapient species, I'd like them to come up here and tell us a few things. If you want to. After that, we're having a class discussion. What do you think marks the difference between sapience and sentience?"

Comments

Re: Class Discussion - Experiences with Sapient Species

[not_a_moonie]

"I'm Landfallian," Alana said, wings fluttering lightly just in case anyone had forgotten. "And there are a lot of other sapient species at home. The weird thing to me is that you're all kind of the same here."