Editing Extraterrestrial intelligence (section)

==Intelligence==
Intelligence is, along with the more precise concept of [[sapience]], used to describe extraterrestrial life with similar [[Cognitive skill|cognitive abilities]] as humans. Another interchangeable term is ''[[wiktionary:sophont|sophoncy]]'', being [[wisdom|wise]] or wiser, first coined by Karen Anderson and published in the 1966 works by her husband [[Poul Anderson]].

[[Sentience]], like [[consciousness]], is a concept sometimes mistakenly used to refer to the concept of intelligence and sapience, since it does not exclude forms of life that are non-sapient (or more broadly non-intelligent or non-conscious).<ref name="x090">{{Cite journal |last=Yolles |first=Maurice |date=2022-12-13 |title=Consciousness, Sapience and Sentience—A Metacybernetic View |journal=Systems |volume=10 |issue=6 |page=254 |doi=10.3390/systems10060254 |issn=2079-8954 |doi-access=free}}</ref>

The term ''extraterrestrial civilization'' frames a more particular case of extraterrestrial intelligence. It is the possible long-term result of intelligent and specifically sapient extraterrestrial life.