‘I don’t understand so it doesn’t exist’
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Stumblinbear@pawb.social 1 year agoSentient, maybe some limited level of sapience, but not conscious as far as we understand the term
Crazypartypony@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Stumblinbear@pawb.social 1 year ago
I literally said “as far as we understand the term.” We as humans and as we define the term, they do not based on what we currently know.
kool_newt@lemm.ee 1 year ago
And who are you to make this decision? Can I make that decision about you and use you for experiments?
Stumblinbear@pawb.social 1 year ago
I literally said “as far as we understand the term.” Sentience, sapience, and consciousness are not interchangable terms, they have vastly different meanings.