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methodover on Oct 1, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Great apes appear to have “theory of mind”

> Would we even realize their sentience

(Minor nitpick, but I think you meant "sapience" rather than "sentience." Sentience is something that essentially all animals on this planet have, and just means the ability to experience sensations. Sapience appears to be unique to humans (and perhaps a small number of animal species) and refers to the ability to reason.)

statusquoantefa on Oct 1, 2019 | [–]

> while they knew they had the cure ... would we not find the only ethical solution

(while we are minor nitpicking, they have the cure, our view of their ethics might not be the same as their view of theirs)

xvector on Oct 1, 2019 | [–]

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