Talk:Sentience
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[edit] Meaning
To be honest, I know nothing of the English derivation and usage of "sentient" outside of Star Trek. But Merriam-Webster seems to have the opposite opinion when comparing sapient[1] (and sagacious[2]) to sentient[3]. Aholland, can you provide references we can source for the denotation you express here? Opusaug 22:50, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Planet that had sentient machine race, mention by Data in TNG???
Anyone remember the episode? At the end I think there in orbit of the planet, but the race has been extinct for a long time already... – The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.92.15.93 (talk).
Why does it look like OuroborosCobra and Shran are editing my post? And why doesn't my previous post show up? Is this a normal time lag? – The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.92.15.93 (talk).
- I edited the post to re-add the thread navigation template that you were not supposed to remove. I also added a signature to your posts for you, which you are supposed to do (please sign your comments by adding four tildes (~~~~) after each post). Cobra reverted your previous post because you removed your earlier query as well as the thread navigation template. --From Andoria with Love 01:55, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
- And it's Shran, not Sharon. ;) --From Andoria with Love 01:56, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
So anyone remember? JoeCool 00:56, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
- I do not remember such an instance involving TNG or Data. The only passing reference to another sentient machine race I can locate is from TOS: "The Changeling", where the probe's bio-survey mission programming was altered in a collision with an unnamed sentient machine race. -Rhinecanthus rectangulus 16:16, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
- The Nanites were given their own planet at the end of the TNG episode Evolution, so they would count. I do have a vague recollection of another mention, possibly during one of the later Borg episodes...but I can't remember which one...--87.115.19.41 20:27, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
- The episode you may be thinking of is "Conundrum", in which Data stipulates, after loosing his memory, several possibilities for his origin. He believes that he is a) unique, b) difficult to manufacture, or c) comes from a planet with an entire race of sentient androids. That's the only reference to a sentient android race I know of. I hope it helps in your search. --Nmajmani 22:58, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
- That may be what the OP is thinking of, Nmajmani. Here is Data's exact quote: "I may represent an entire race of artificial lifeforms. If so, there may be a home planet for others of my kind -- a shared history and a culture of which I am not presently aware." -Rhinecanthus rectangulus 19:55, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
- The follow-up lines to "Evolution" were in "The Best of Both Worlds, Part II" when alternative tactics against the Borg are considered and destructive nanites are proposed. "How long would that take?" "2 to 3 weeks." "By then nanites may be all that's left of the Federation." As for a planet inhabited by sentient androids, there actually is one out there, it's called Mudd. and who knows if anyone went back to Exo III to revitalize the sentient android race there again after 2266. --Pseudohuman 10:18, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
- That is a likely possibility. If I'm not mistaken, B'Lanna makes reference to Data in that episode as well. --Nmajmani 00:56, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
