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Sentient Beings

by Bill Meacham, Ph.D. in Bill Meacham, Ph.D.

Initially we can say that a sentient being is one that is alive and is conscious of its environment. This definition excludes robots and other machines that detect changes in their environment and respond to them but, we assume, are not conscious. But what is it to be conscious?

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