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All animals are sentient but some are more sentient than others, I guess.
by dennis_moore 5y ago
All animals are sentient but some are more sentient than others, I guess.
- prepend 5y agoSome sentient animals can be sterilized and/or involuntarily euthanized. Seems pretty lame if truly “sentient.” Not sure what definition of sentience they are using as certainly none of these animals are truly sentient. Arguable primates, but arguing a cat is sentient is foolish. It’s possible to assign greater protections on animals without fake labeling them through laws.
- jobigoud 5y agoAre you confusing sentient with sapient? Cats are certainly sentient.
- prepend 5y agoI think I was not understanding sentient correctly. I thought sentient meant self-conscious, but according to Wikipedia [0] it just means aware. So “dumb animals” are sentient. Thanks for the note, I’ve been misusing this for decades. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentience https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentience
- doggodaddo78 5y agoThe pigs are up to their old tricks again.
- jobigoud 5y agoIt is theorized that this is true in general. See "sentience quotient". All living things can be placed somewhere on this line and we can imagine entities that are more self-aware than humans.