> But that means that someone who is in "the zone" is not sentient while they are deep in their work? That is entirely up to you. Because sentience is just a w

> But that means that someone who is in "the zone" is not sentient while they are deep in their work? That is entirely up to you. Because sentience is just a word for a poorly defined concept. You're not debating the nature of the concept. You're debating the meaning of the word. Because the concept itself is just a bad mapping of language. You can't reconcile it, by definition, because it's not a thing.