@haxor@derp.fooMB to Hacker News@derp.fooEnglish • 6 months agoNew Zealand Officially Recognizes Lobsters, Octopuses, Crabs as Sentient Beingsbnnbreaking.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1175arrow-down130file-text
arrow-up1145arrow-down1external-linkNew Zealand Officially Recognizes Lobsters, Octopuses, Crabs as Sentient Beingsbnnbreaking.com@haxor@derp.fooMB to Hacker News@derp.fooEnglish • 6 months agomessage-square23fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@Heavybell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish4•6 months agoDunno about legal, but I’m pretty sure the scientific bar for sentience is pretty low. You basically just have to have senses (e g. hearing, sight, etc) and react to stimuli to be sentient.
Is there a legal definition of sentience?
Dunno about legal, but I’m pretty sure the scientific bar for sentience is pretty low. You basically just have to have senses (e g. hearing, sight, etc) and react to stimuli to be sentient.