> what evidence do we have that humans are sentient, other than our own conscious observations sentience and consciousness are the same thing... if i believe

> what evidence do we have that humans are sentient, other than our own conscious observations sentience and consciousness are the same thing... if i believe i am conscious and so do you, then it's good enough for me. why does there need to be a light switch. if there are 5 deer in the field and i have 1 bow and arrow, i need to focus my attention and track one deer only for 5 or 10 mins to hunt it - consciousness allow us to achieve this. it is a product of evolutionary process.