> 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.
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.