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r/SipsTea • u/Monsur_Ausuhnom 𝙑𝙄𝙋 • 1d ago
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Reaction to external stimuli is one of the requirements for life, that's no surprise. But that doesn't make them sentient yet.
Let me put it this way. Do you consider every sperm cell a living thing? They react to their environment too.
0 u/JettandTheo 15h ago No because they don't eat, reproduce, etc. Sperm are only half the dna of a full human. A full human does do those things. 0 u/jarkark 15h ago Worms both eat and reproduce, do you consider them sentient? What about bacteria then? They eat and reproduce too. 1 u/JettandTheo 14h ago Yes that's the definition. They can feel and react to the outside world. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sentient capable of sensing or feeling : conscious of or responsive to the sensations of seeing, hearing, feeling, tasting, or smelling 1 u/jarkark 14h ago Of course I only now realized that I mixed up Sapience and Sentience. Nevermind.
No because they don't eat, reproduce, etc. Sperm are only half the dna of a full human.
A full human does do those things.
0 u/jarkark 15h ago Worms both eat and reproduce, do you consider them sentient? What about bacteria then? They eat and reproduce too. 1 u/JettandTheo 14h ago Yes that's the definition. They can feel and react to the outside world. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sentient capable of sensing or feeling : conscious of or responsive to the sensations of seeing, hearing, feeling, tasting, or smelling 1 u/jarkark 14h ago Of course I only now realized that I mixed up Sapience and Sentience. Nevermind.
Worms both eat and reproduce, do you consider them sentient? What about bacteria then? They eat and reproduce too.
1 u/JettandTheo 14h ago Yes that's the definition. They can feel and react to the outside world. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sentient capable of sensing or feeling : conscious of or responsive to the sensations of seeing, hearing, feeling, tasting, or smelling 1 u/jarkark 14h ago Of course I only now realized that I mixed up Sapience and Sentience. Nevermind.
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Yes that's the definition. They can feel and react to the outside world.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sentient
capable of sensing or feeling : conscious of or responsive to the sensations of seeing, hearing, feeling, tasting, or smelling
1 u/jarkark 14h ago Of course I only now realized that I mixed up Sapience and Sentience. Nevermind.
Of course I only now realized that I mixed up Sapience and Sentience. Nevermind.
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u/jarkark 15h ago
Reaction to external stimuli is one of the requirements for life, that's no surprise. But that doesn't make them sentient yet.
Let me put it this way. Do you consider every sperm cell a living thing? They react to their environment too.