overstep8556@jlai.lu to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoWe May Be Surrounded by Trillions of Conscious Beings, Research Suggests—And They Aren’t Humanwww.popularmechanics.comexternal-linkmessage-square59linkfedilinkarrow-up1114arrow-down130
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minus-squareTimothyOilpants@lemmy.cadeleted by creatorlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·4 months agoHumans have consistently moved the goalposts on “sentience” explicitly to ensure that we are the only living thing that fits into the category.
Humans have consistently moved the goalposts on “sentience” explicitly to ensure that we are the only living thing that fits into the category.