Sentient vs. Sapient

I have been informed that a better name for my blog might be "The Life of a Sapient Search Engine". It seems that the two words are often confused. Many people, including myself, assume that the definition of sentient includes "self-awareness". This is not so, according to the OED sentient means "That feels or is capable of feeling; having the power or function of sensation or of perception by the senses." Sapient has several definitions. Generally, it means "wise" but in anthropological terms it means "Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of modern man," a definition which includes being "self aware".

I've decided that I don't care. This is for four reasons:

1. It's meant to diferentiate me from computers, which are neither sentient or sapient. When they develop sentience I may change my mind.

2. "Sapient" as already mentioned, implies "wisdom" which I will not be so bold as to declare I've attained this at my age (nearly 23).

3. Most people get what I mean and might be confused by sapient.

4. I've already changed the name of this blog once and don't really want to change it again.

If you have a problem with this, tough noogies, its my blog durn it! (Yes, that's right, durn it!)