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− | '''SOPHONT''': A generalized term for an intelligent [[lifeform]] and [[technology]]-using being ['''N'''ative '''I'''ntelligent '''L'''ife ([[NIL]])] or [[Sapient]], including humans as well as intelligent aliens. | + | '''SOPHONT''': A generalized term for an intelligent [[lifeform]] and [[technology]]-using being ['''N'''ative '''I'''ntelligent '''L'''ife ([[NIL]])] or [[Sapient]], including humans as well as intelligent aliens, that have a significant interstellar presence within [[Charted Space]]. |
* The number of [[sophont]]s which have been contacted is quite high; the Imperium boasts more than a hundred; [[Charted Space]] boasts more than four hundred. | * The number of [[sophont]]s which have been contacted is quite high; the Imperium boasts more than a hundred; [[Charted Space]] boasts more than four hundred. | ||
* Tools are used to adapt, change, or control an environment. Tool-using cultures are groups of beings (not necessarily sophonts) with the ability to find or make tools. | * Tools are used to adapt, change, or control an environment. Tool-using cultures are groups of beings (not necessarily sophonts) with the ability to find or make tools. | ||
− | * But, using tools is not enough: Technology is the ability to use tools | + | * But, using tools is not enough: Technology is the ability to use tools to make other tools. Only when societies make the leap to using tools to make tools do they become technological. |
− | * Technology builds on the successes of earlier tool-making experiences, and enables a progression to higher levels. | + | * Technology builds on the successes of earlier tool-making experiences, and enables a progression to ever-higher levels. |
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+ | === Library Data Referral Tree === | ||
+ | Please see the following [[AAB]] [[Library Data]] articles for related data: | ||
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* [[Crowe's Encyclopaedia Xenobiologica]] | * [[Crowe's Encyclopaedia Xenobiologica]] | ||
* [[Wiseman's Guide to Sophonts]] | * [[Wiseman's Guide to Sophonts]] | ||
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== References & Contributors ([[Sources]]) == | == References & Contributors ([[Sources]]) == | ||
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