green_amber: (sheep)
green_amber ([personal profile] green_amber) wrote2005-10-24 03:14 pm
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Let's try a different approach

..The Wikipaedia approach - definition by democracy..

[Poll #597131]

[identity profile] surliminal.livejournal.com 2005-10-24 02:30 pm (UTC)(link)
OK I'll bite. What's the exact difference?

[identity profile] sbisson.livejournal.com 2005-10-24 02:36 pm (UTC)(link)
sapient
sentient

A cat is aware of itself, but is in itself unwise/lacking in self control - or as I often put it "they're a bunch of opsessive-compulsive self-centred neurotics, and we just have learnt how to trigger the their disorders in ways that are pleasing to us".

[identity profile] madcatwoman.livejournal.com 2005-10-24 02:44 pm (UTC)(link)
I know people like that, too...

[identity profile] stevegreen.livejournal.com 2005-10-24 03:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Er, both those link to the same place.

[identity profile] purplecthulhu.livejournal.com 2005-10-24 09:05 pm (UTC)(link)
I m ight buy that a pet cat is aware of itself, but is that inate or as a result of interacting with us so that, for example, they associate a sound with themselves (a name) that isn't associated with others?