Refimprove date April 2008 The sentience quotient concept was introduced by Robert A. Freitas Jr. in the late 1970s. ref name xenopsi Dr. Freitas, Robert A. Jr., http www.rfreitas.com Astro Xenopsychology.htm Xenopsychology , Analog Science Fiction Science Fact, Vol. 104, April 1984, pp 41 53 ref It defines sentience as the relationship between the information processing rate bit s of each individual processing unit neuron , the weight size of a single unit and the total number of processing units expressed as mass . This is a non standard usage of the word sentience which in standard usage relates to an individual organism s capacity to perceive the world subjectively The word sentience is derived from the Latin sentire meaning to feel and is closely related to the word sentiment. Intelligence or cognitive capacity is better denoted by the word sapience and not sentience. The potential and total processing capacity of a brain, based on the amount of neurons and the processing rate and mass of a single one, combined with its design myelin coating and specialized areas and so on and programming ... The sentience quotient SQ of an individual is a measure of the wikt efficiency efficiency of an individual ... neuronal sentience from insects to mammals, cluster within several points of the human value. Plants ... s, giving an electronic sentience made of these components an SQ of 23. SQ spectrum Original research ... sentience Intelligence quotient Sentience Transhumanism Xenolinguistics div col end Notes references ... 38. Sentience Quotient is referenced in the Artificial Intelligence issue of Daedalus, Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Probably Volume 117, Winter 1988. Sentience Quotient shows ... Monday, February 20, 1995, in the review by Tim Wright. Sentience Quotient appears in the Transhuman ... Glossary by 7th Wave Inc. Sentience Quotient as defined by Freitas is mentioned in Linda MacDonald ... and Technology, Vol. 13 2002 . Extraterrestrial life DEFAULTSORT Sentience Quotient Category ... more details
Hormonal sentience , first described by Robert A. Freitas Jr. , describes the information processing rate in plants , which are mostly based on hormone s instead of neurons like in all major animals except sponges . Plants can to some degree communicate with each other and there are even examples of one way communication with animals. Acacia Acacia trees produce tannin to defend themselves when they are grazed upon by animals. The airborne scent of the tannin is picked up by other acacia trees, which then start to produce tannin themselves as a protection from the nearby animals. When attacked by caterpillar s, some plants can release chemical signals to attract parasitic wasp s that attack the caterpillars. A similar phenomenon can be found not only between plants and animals, but also between fungus and animals. There exists some sort of communication between a fungus garden and workers of the leaf cutting ant Atta sexdens rubropilosa . If the garden is fed with plants that are poisonous for the fungus, it signals this to the ants, which then will avoid fertilizing the fungus garden with any more of the poisonous plant. The Venus flytrap , during a 1 to 20 second sensitivity interval, counts two stimuli before snapping shut on its insect prey, a processing peak of 1 bit s. Mass is 10 100 grams, so the flytrap s SQ is about 1. Plants generally take hours to respond to stimuli though, so vegetative SQs Sentience Quotient tend to cluster around 2. In theory even an organism with a hormonal system instead of a nervous system could be intelligent in some degree, but it would be an extremely slow brain, to say the least. And yet, at least higher plants are able to produce electrical signals, even if they do not use them in the same way animals do. Franti ek Balu ka from the University of Bonn in Germany is one of the authorities on plant neurobiology . See also Biosemiotics Phytosemiotics Plant perception physiology External links http www.rfreitas.com Astro Xenopsychology.htm ... more details
No footnotes date April 2009 Communalness , as suggested by Robert A. Freitas Jr. , is a level of an emergent phenomen which originates from Electronic sentience , and represents a broader mode of thinking than just normal consciousness . While consciousness is limited to the individual, communalness describes a complex organization of numerous individuals which on a higher level is tightly connected to each other. Such an organization would maybe have the same intimate awareness of its own existence as a whole as people have consciousness of their own bodies. See also Collective intelligence Consciousness Electronic sentience Emergence Hormonal sentience Neurohacking Neuronal sentience Sentience Quotient External links http www.rfreitas.com Astro Xenopsychology.htm Xenopsychology by Robert A. Freitas Jr. Category Science fiction themes ... more details
saved book title Human subtitle What makes us us? cover image Uomo Vitruviano.jpg cover color Orange Human What makes us us? Introduction Human History of the world Biology Human anatomy Love Human sexuality Psychology Culture Language Culture Art Painting Self portrait Portrait painting Society Civil society Trade Economics Conflict War Early modern warfare Industrial warfare Modern warfare Sentience Sentience Human self reflection Philosophy Awareness ... more details
wiktionary Sentient sentient TOCright Sentient may refer to Sentience , the ability to perceive subjectively Sentient video game Sentient video game , a videogame developed by Psygnosis in 1997 for the PlayStation and PC Sentient computing , a form of ubiquitous computing which uses sensors to perceive its environment and react accordingly Sentient Information Systems , a Dutch software company specialized in data mining Sentient diet, also referred to as Sattvic diet Sentients, an alien race from Hot Wheels Battle Force 5 disambiguation ... more details
Anthro may refer to Anthropo from Greek language Greek linktext , human , a prefix meaning human , humanoid , or humanlike, especially with regards to sentience Anthro, short for Anthropology , anthropomorphism , or other terms beginning with the prefix Anthro Corporation , a manufacturer of technology furniture Clarify date March 2012 Anthro comics , a DC Comics caveman Disambiguation date March 2012 ... more details
Crimson Cowl is an identity which has been used by four Marvel Comics characters to varying degrees Ultron used the identity in his debut as Ultron 5 to conceal his sentience, while using Edwin Jarvis as a frontman under the identity. Crimson Cowl Justine Hammer , the daughter of Justin Hammer later used the identity to lead a team of Masters of Evil and bedevil the Thunderbolts comics Thunderbolts , at one time framing Dallas Riordan , placing her in the costume with a teleporter, a deception which held for some time. SIA comics ... more details
The Atman IAST tman, sanskrit is a philosophical term used within Jainism to identify the Soul spirit soul . It is one s true self hence generally translated into English as Self beyond identification with the phenomenal reality of worldly existence. As per the Jain cosmology , atman or soul is also the principle of sentience and is one of the tattva Jainism tattvas or one of the fundamental substances forming part of the universe. See also Atma Siddhi Category Jain philosophy el ... more details
Fantasy A sentience sentient weapon is a common plot device in many works of fantasy and mythology , and is related to the classic motif of the magic sword. Sentient weapons may be human, robot ic, or Magic fantasy magic al as is the case with any non technological weapons, such as a sword , but not all magic weapons are sentient. A sentient weapon may experience a morality moral conflict from its specific nature as a weapon, or may function as the villain , which, through its intelligence, is able to gain power. Another possibility is that it assists the wielder, or is merely Neutrality philosophy neutral . See also Magic sword Category Fantasy tropes Category Fictional weapons fantasy stub it Arma senziente ... more details
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Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name High Places Type studio Artist High Places Cover High Places High Places.jpg Released September 23, 2008 Genre Psychedelic Pop Length 30 00 Label Thrill Jockey Reviews Allmusic Rating 4 5 Allmusic class album id r1417168 pure url yes link cokemachineglow 8.4 10 http www.cokemachineglow.com record review 3896 highplaces highplaces 2008 link Pitchfork Media 8.0 10 http www.pitchforkmedia.com article record review 145840 high places high places link Prefix Magazine 8.5 10 http www.prefixmag.com reviews high places high places 21051 link Spin Magazine Spin Rating 3.5 5 http www.spin.com reviews high places high places thrill jockey link Last album 03 07 09 07 br 2008 This album High Places br 2008 Next album High Places is the debut full length from Brooklyn Indie music indie band High Places . The album was released September 23, 2008, by Thrill Jockey . The track From Stardust to Sentience was listed as the 417th best song of the 2000 s by Pitchfork. Track listing The Storm 2 51 You in Forty Years 1 33 The Tree with the Lights in It 2 44 Vision s the First... 3 41 Gold Coin 3 52 Papaya Year 1 43 Namer 4 03 Golden 2 05 A Field Guide 3 59 From Stardust to Sentience 3 35 Category 2008 albums Category High Places albums ... more details
Non , non or NON can refer to wiktionarypar non French language French equivalent to English no word no Italian language Italian equivalent to English not Latin language Latin equivalent to either not or no . In French, when used at the end of a sentence, it is an interrogative which asks, do you agree? Old Norse language ISO 639 alpha 3 Non DC comics , a villain in the Superman universe Non book , a photobook by Japanese model Nozomi Sasaki Cape Non Saint Non , the mother of Saint David Non Boonjumnong , a Thai amateur boxer NON, a name used by musician Boyd Rice Naan , a Central Asian flatbread In the Star Control universe, the Mycon refer to living things, particularly Sentience sentient species, that have not submitted to Juffo Wup as Non disambig de NON fr Non ko it NON nl Non no Non sv Non ... more details
Ulf Lundkvist born 1952 is a Sweden Swedish list of comic creators comic creator , illustrator, and painter. A nostalgia buff in love with the 1940s, 50s, and 60s, Lundkvist depicts the old Sweden with humor and affection, small towns and countryside, anachronistic places where time seem to stand still. Lundkvist s most famous comic is probably the strip Assar , the absurd story about a hot dog who gains sentience and escapes his fate to seek adventure. References cite encyclopedia title Ulf Lundkvist encyclopedia Nationalencyklopedin language Swedish url http www.ne.se ulf lundkvist accessdate 9 May 2010 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Lundkvist, Ulf ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Cartoonist DATE OF BIRTH 1952 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Lundkvist, Ulf Category Swedish comics artists Category Swedish cartoonists Category Swedish illustrators Category Living people Category 1952 births Europe comics creator stub de Ulf Lundkvist sv Ulf Lundkvist ... more details
Phytosemiotics is a branch of biosemiotics that studies the sign process es in plants, or more broadly, the vegetative semiosis . Vegetative semiosis is a type of sign processes that occurs at cellular and tissue level, including cellular recognition, plant perception physiology plant perception , plant signal transduction , intercellular communication, immunological processes, etc. The term phytosemiotics has been introduced by Martin Krampen in 1981. References Martin Krampen Krampen, Martin 1981. Phytosemiotics. Semiotica 36 3 4 187 209. Krampen, Martin 1992. Phytosemiotics revisited. In Thomas A. Sebeok Sebeok, Thomas A. Umiker Sebeok, Jean eds. , Biosemiotics The Semiotic Web 1991 . Berlin Mouton de Gruyter, 213 219. Kalevi Kull Kull, Kalevi 2000. An introduction to phytosemiotics Semiotic botany and vegetative sign systems. Sign Systems Studies 28 326 350. See also Plant perception physiology Hormonal sentience Zoosemiotics International Society for Biosemiotic Studies Category Semiotics et F tosemiootika ... more details
In Dan Simmons Hugo Award winning science fiction novel Hyperion Simmons novel Hyperion , the first in the Hyperion Cantos series, Ergs are quasi telepathic Sentience sentient but not Sapience sapient silicon based life forms discovered around planet Aldebaran which generate and control extreme force fields. In the same series, Ergs are used to propel Templar Hyperion Templar Dyson tree Treeship s. The ergs also generate the containment fields force fields around the tree that keep its atmosphere intact. It is implied by the author that the Templars have devised some way of communicating with the ergs. One of the characters of the novel Templar Het Masteen takes along an erg secured in a Moebius Ring Mobius Cube to the Shrike pilgrimage. Masteen intended to use the erg to pilot Shrikes Tree of Pain, using the erg as a containment for the Tree. As Masteen failed to do this, the Erg was then used by the Keats second retrieval persona to tamper with the Shrike itself, in an effort to save the baby Rachel was then carrying. Category Hyperion ... more details
refimprove date November 2007 Hylopathism , in philosophy , is the belief that some or all matter is sentient or that properties of matter in general give rise to subjective experience. It is opposed to the assertion that consciousness results exclusively from properties of specific types of matter, e.g. brain tissue. Etymology and specific definition The term is relatively uncommon even in philosophical discussion, and is often erroneously equated with panpsychism despite notable differences between the two views that are evident in the etymologies of the two words panpsychism derives from the Greek pan , all , and psyche , soul or mind the terms consciousness and experience being preferred in philosophy , and implies the sentience of all things hylopathism derives from hylo , which is translated either as matter or wood depending on its context, and whose English equivalent is hyle , and pathos , emotion or suffering and, by extension, experience . citation needed this conflicts with Hard problem of consciousness Consciousness is fundamental or elusive which calls hylopathism a form of panpsychism date January 2011 Hylopathism is thus not necessarily a belief in the universality of sentience, but rather in the derivation of sentience from matter. Hylopathism in popular culture Author Philip Pullman , in his popular and controversial series His Dark Materials , builds on what is arguably who date April 2012 fact date April 2012 a hylopathistic explanation of consciousness insofar as Dust , which is referred to throughout the series, is made up of conscious particles that don t interact with other things except in producing consciousness. One character, Mary Malone, calls them shadows . Pullman relates these fictional particles to dark matter . Our particles are strange little devils, she says, make no mistake.... You know what? They re conscious. That s right. Shadows are particles of consciousness. You ever heard anything so stupid? No wonder we can t get our gran ... more details
About the philosopher the translator of the Psalter into Scottish Gaelic and recorder of Highland faery lore Robert Kirk Church of Scotland Robert Bob Kirk is a professor emeritus in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Nottingham . Kirk is known for his work on philosophical zombies &mdash putative unconscious beings physically and behaviorally identical to human beings. Although Kirk did not invent this idea, he introduced the term zombie in his 1974 paper Sentience and Behaviour , ref http links.jstor.org sici?sici 0026 4423 197401 2 3A83 3A329 3C43 3ASAB 3E2.0.CO 3B2 1 Sentience and Behaviour , Robert Kirk, Mind new series 83 , 329, January 1974 , pp. 43&ndash 60. ref and helped to popularize the concept in the 1970s. ref http ndpr.nd.edu review.cfm?id 6823 Review by Larry Hauser of Zombies and Consciousness by Robert Kirk , Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews , June 12, 2006. ref ref name c http www.imprint.co.uk pdf 13 4 books.pdf Review by John McCrone of Zombies and Consciousness by Robert Kirk , Journal of Consciousness Studies 13 2006 4, pp. 113&ndash 120. ref Kirk continued to publish on consciousness and physicalism during the 1980s and 1990s and recently has reversed his position and written against the possibility of zombies in his 2005 book Zombies and Consciousness . ref name c References references Selected bibliography http links.jstor.org sici?sici 0026 4423 197401 2 3A83 3A329 3C43 3ASAB 3E2.0.CO 3B2 1 Sentience and Behaviour , Robert Kirk, Mind new series 83 , 329, January 1974 , pp. 43&ndash 60. Zombies v. Materialists , Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society 48 , supplement, pp. 135&ndash 152. Raw Feeling , Oxford University Press, 1994. ISBN 0198236794. Zombies and Consciousness , Oxford University Press, 2005. ISBN 0 19 928548 9. External links http www.nottingham.ac.uk philosophy staff robert kirk.php Robert Kirk home page at the University of Nottingham http plato.stanford.edu entries zombies Zombies entry in the Stanf ... more details
Notability date April 2008 in universe date April 2008 Kdatlyno are an Extraterrestrial life in popular culture extraterrestrial species in Larry Niven s fiction al Known Space universe. They first appeared in the short story Grendel Niven Grendel . Kdatlyno are chiefly known for their touch sculpture, their Acoustic location sonar vision and for being a race subjugated by the ferocious, warlike Kzin ti. In appearance they are a physically large and powerful biped al species with muscular build, rough scaley skin, retractile claws and thick hides, growing up to eight feet tall. They have no eyes, having evolved on a world which instead drove the development of echolocation rather than vision. Kdatlyno are one of the few Sentience sentient races that can physically intimidate an adult Kzin , and there is at least one mention of them being used as elite Imperial Guard s for the Kzinti Patriarch , presumably due to both their great strength and their uninvolvement in Kzin imperial court politics. The most famous Kdatlyno is Lloobee, a touch sculptor who works primarily for a human audience and was the character referred to in the title of the short story Grendel . References references Grendel short story , in Neutron Star New York Ballantine, 1968, pp. 51 72 ISBN 0 345 29665 6 External links http www.oinc.net knownspace enc display.php?98 Kdatlyno at the Encyclopedia of Known Space Category Known Space alien species sf char stub hu Kdatlyn k ... more details
Refimprove date April 2010 Wiktionary objectification Wiktionary objectify Objectification is the process by which an abstraction abstract concept is made as objective as possible in the purest sense of the term. It is also treated as if it is a concrete thing or physical object. In this sense the term is a synonym to wikt reification reification . This term is also used to describe the treatment of a human being as a thing, disregarding his her personality or sentience . Philosopher Martha Nussbaum ref Martha C. Nussbaum , http www.jstor.org pss 2961930 Objectification , Philosophy and Public Affairs , 24 4 , pp. 279 83. OCLC 484757897 ref has argued that something is objectified if any of the following factors is present Instrumentality if the thing is treated as a tool for one s own purposes Denial of autonomy if the thing is treated as if lacking in Agency philosophy agency or self determination Inertness if the thing is treated as if lacking in Agency philosophy agency Ownership if the thing is treated as if owned by another Fungibility if the thing is treated as if interchangeable Violability if the thing is treated as if permissible to damage or destroy denial of subjectivity if the thing is treated as if there is no need to show concern for the object s feelings and experiences. See also Description Sexual objectification Dehumanization Edward Said Edward Said s Imagined geographies References reflist Category Social psychology Category Feminist theory Category Descriptive technique philosophy stub nl Objectificatie sv Objektifiering zh ... more details
wiktionary Sq or SQ may stand for String quartet S ret du Qu bec , the Quebec police force The ISO code for the Albanian language ISO 639 alpha 2 Squadron Square algebra , a type of measure of area, such as square foot sq ft Scholar of Queen s University , usually followed by a single lower case letter to denote faculty Used primary as a postnominal by students of the Commerce program e.g. SQc Scholar of Queen s Commerce Singapore Airlines IATA airline designator Sentience Quotient , a term to measure the total processing capacity of a brain Servants quarters Servants Quarter , a smaller house room meant for the workers in a homestead. Sound Quality , the characteristics of the output of a preamp, amp or sound system Space Quest , a series of adventure games by Sierra Entertainment Spiritual quotient , a term in popular psychology Super Quiz, an event in the United States Academic Decathlon Subcutaneous injection , an abbreviation based on pronunciation Quadraphonic sound , a matrix quadraphonic gramophone record format developed by CBS SQ program , a program for compressing files on MS DOS and CP M disambiguation Category Initialisms de SQ eo Sq fa SQ fr SQ ko SQ it SQ sw SQ lt SQ ja SQ sq SQ fi Sq zh SQ ... more details
This is a list of sentience sentient species from the fictional universe of Star Wars . List of Star Wars species A E List of Star Wars species F J List of Star Wars species K O List of Star Wars species P T List of Star Wars species U Z References reflist Carey, C. Robert, et al. Galaxy Guide 12 Aliens Enemies and Allies . West End Games , 1995. Star Wars Role Playing Game various books and articles published by West End Games and Wizards of the Coast div External links http www.starwars.com databank The Official Star Wars Databank StarWarsSpecies DEFAULTSORT List Of Star Wars Species Category Lists of fictional species Star Wars species Category Star Wars lists Species Category Star Wars species fr Liste des esp ces de Star Wars it Popoli di Guerre stellari no Liste over raser i Star Wars pl Lista ras z serii Gwiezdne wojny ru sv Lista ver raser i Star Wars uk zh ... more details
Unreferenced date August 2008 The Anne McCaffrey The Petaybee Series Petaybee Series is a series of young adult science fiction novels by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough . Powers trilogy The first Petaybee series, the Anne McCaffrey Powers trilogy Powers trilogy , consists of three books Powers that Be published in 1993, Power Lines 1994 and Power Play 1995 . The series centers on Major Yanaba Yana Maddock, a disabled soldier sent to the glacial planet of Petaybee as a spy. Petaybee turns out to be a planet awakening to sentience Yana s goal becomes protecting the planet from corporate exploitation. Twins of Petaybee trilogy The book Changelings 2005 is the first of a trilogy called Anne McCaffrey The Twins of Petaybee series The Twins of Petaybee which begins where Power Play leaves off. It concerns the twin children of Yana Maddock and Sean Shongili, the selkie geneticist. The second book in the series, Maelstrom, was published in 2006. The third book, Deluge, was released in February 2008. External links isfdb series 11853 Petaybee Universe Category Science fiction book series Category Fictional living planets 1990s sf novel stub 2000s sf novel stub ... more details
Multiple issues notability October 2008 unreferenced October 2008 in universe October 2009 Grospoliner is a fictional sword in the Silent M bius manga and anime series, being Katsumi Liqueur s weapon of choice. Description Grospoliner or Grospolina the exact spelling of the name is difficult to determine is an extra dimensional being in the shape of a massive sword. Trapped in an obelisk following the death of its former master, Gigelf Liqueur , Grospoliner was freed by Katsumi doing so required Katsumi to give the sword some of her blood. This done, Grospoliner was released and able to bond itself with Katsumi, which made the sword effectively weightless to her. It has since become like an extension of Katsumi s own body. Due to its extraterrestrial origins, Grospoliner is actually a sentience sentient , living organism , and can communicate. It utilizes telepathy to speak with its master and persons around it though this appears limited to magic users with links to the Lucifer Hawk such as Katsumi and Rally Cheyenne , as well as possessing a limited amount of Magic paranormal magical powers such as levitation paranormal levitation . Finally, Grospoliner s Intelligence information gathering intelligence database base is immense, as it is able to communicate with various beings, objects and abilities. Category Fictional swords ... more details
The League of Peoples is a fictional interstellar polity present in a series of novels by science fiction author James Alan Gardner . Although theoretically made up of every Sentience sentient Race fantasy Sentient races race in the galaxy, in actuality the League is controlled by from Humanity s standpoint hyperadvanced beings who have little concern for wants, needs, and desires of the less evolved races. The League effectively has one law no dangerous non sentient creatures can cross between star system s. A dangerous non sentient is defined by the league as any being which kills a sentient being or through negligence allows a sentient being to die. Any dangerous non sentient that attempts to circumvent this law, or any being who knowingly aids in the attempt, is instantaneously but painlessly executed by the League. Although this renders interstellar war impossible, it does not prevent mayhem on individual planet s, nor does it stop Ethics unethical behavior that stops short of murder . Known Species of the League Homo Sapiens Technocracy, Old Earth, The Unity Greenstriders The Balrog Divian Fuentes Shaddill Cashlings Mandasars Lucifers Fasskisters Pollisand Novels Expendable 1997 Commitment Hour 1998 Vigilant novel Vigilant 1999 Hunted novel Hunted 2000 Ascending 2001 Trapped novel Trapped 2002 Radiant novel Radiant 2004 External links http www.space.com sciencefiction books hunted gardner 000808.html Review of Hunted Category Fictional governments ... more details
life is the embodiment of this. Astral or Feeling body Animal life adds an element of sentience ... are identical with waking life, yet sentience is withdrawn, as proof that sentience is not purely ... ways through the astral body, bearer of sentience, in the dreamier experience of the sentient ... more details
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