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[personal profile] compendiem 2019-06-12 03:34 am (UTC)(link)
...How would you define "sentience" and "sapience"?

[personal profile] compendiem 2019-06-16 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
[ opens his mouth

closes it ]


...Yes.

[personal profile] compendiem 2019-06-16 08:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Hop in where??? He follows behind her, only because North said "we" instead of "I'm," though all this does is convince Minato that North doesn't know what the difference between the words is either, so they're both going to consult a dictionary. ]

[personal profile] compendiem 2019-06-16 09:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Minato's reflexes are enough that he instinctively reaches out and catches the book, but his strength is only at the point where he stumbles back two steps and then sits down hard on his ass. ]

...Right.

[ He crosses his legs so he can lay the dictionary on his lap. ]

So, the S section...

[personal profile] compendiem 2019-06-18 06:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Sentience... "A sentient quality or state." Or, "a feeling or sensation as distinguished from perception and thought." ...Sentient is defined as "being responsive to or conscious of sense impressions." Awareness...

[ hmm, that's going in circles, so Minato flips over to sapience instead. ]

Sapience is defined as "wisdom and sagacity." Sagacity is "the quality of being sagacious." Sagacious means to have "keen and farsighted penetration and judgment," or "discernment."

So what this means is, I am sentient, but not sapient. [ Because Minato is aware, and he's aware that he's dumb. ]

[personal profile] compendiem 2019-06-20 04:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He's correct and he's saying it. ]

In that case, the universe to me feels like the opposite. It's doing something, but... I don't know yet if it can be reasoned with.

[personal profile] compendiem 2019-06-22 03:52 am (UTC)(link)
Lots of people ruin other people's lives, but they can still be reasoned with. ...Sometimes. With enough effort.

[ and threat of violence ]

[personal profile] compendiem 2019-06-23 05:08 am (UTC)(link)
...Threats of violence.

[personal profile] compendiem 2019-06-23 05:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[ At least it's threats and not just... violence. Can't argue back if you're dead, etc. ]

I guess that is the most straightforward way of doing things.