11-21-2018, 12:40 AM
(This post was last modified: 11-21-2018, 12:41 AM by stevebowers.)
Incidentally the term 'sophont' was coined by Poul Anderson in 1966, and has been used by several authors since. It is a perfectly cromulent word.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sophont
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sophont