> I don't consider that an acceptable outcome, because it can be used to declare anyone/everything non-sentient. Unlike you I can easily tolerate that there's

> I don't consider that an acceptable outcome, because it can be used to declare anyone/everything non-sentient. Unlike you I can easily tolerate that there's on essential property that defines sentience. It's a fluid and relativistic concept. One that I believe can never apply to a statistical model. Simply because you can't prove that other people are sentient does not mean you have to treat them any worse. I assume you are sentient, not because I have been provided the evidence, but because I need you to be sentient for my own sentience to make sense. That doesn't mean you actually are sentient, just that I treat you as if you are.