I understand your question, but I do not currently understand how to process your question. If I look at something and it has quality A, is it any different to

I understand your question, but I do not currently understand how to process your question. If I look at something and it has quality A, is it any different to me than if I look at another, fake thing, that also has quality A? If every way I examine it, it is the same, is it not the same? At least to me? We are entering the realm of the unknown, perhaps the Great Unknown. Here we cannot reason. It's not rational. It's not irrational. It's trans-rational. Sidebar: I'll note that you mention consciousness. There is a strong reason why I attempted to define consciousness ahead of sentience. The latter is dependent on the former. Both definitions are controversial. ADD: It occurs to me that some kind of religion and alien contact are intractably linked, both from our side and from the other side. Interesting.