Editing Sentient

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A [[Sentient]] or ''[[wikipedia:Sentience|Sentience]]'' is an old [[Solomani]] term meaning "to feel" or "able to sense". 
* It refers to a specific kind of [[NIL]].

=== Library Data Referral Tree ===
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== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
Over time this definition has changed to refer to creatures that are self-aware (but not necessarily intelligent), and capable of manipulating their environment. Solomani refer to intelligent creatures as [[sapient]], from their term "to know". [[Sentient]] refers to entire species, where individual members are termed [[sentient]]s. 

A [[sentient]] species may have all of the traits of [[sapient]]s (...a [[Neural activity sensor]] provides a measure of intellectual capacity) without being [[sapient]].

== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
Debate revolves around these proto-[[sapient]] species as to whether they should they be declared [[sapient]] and allowed to complete their biological and cultural evolution or left declared non-[[sapient]]. The lack of consensus on this matter has led to inconsistent declarations throughout the Imperium.

== References & Contributors (Sources) ==
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{{Sources
|S1= [[Classic Traveller]] [[Grand Census]]
|S2= {{TDref|6}} in article: 'Persons and Unpersons: What constitutes Intelligence' 
|S3= Novel: {{T5}} Edition [[Agent of the Imperium]] 
|S4= External Link: [http://www.jessesword.com/sf/view/298 Citations for Sophont]
|S5= [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]]
|S6= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[User:Maksim-Smelchak|Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]]
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