▲ 148 ▼ New Zealand Officially Recognizes Lobsters, Octopuses, Crabs as Sentient Beings (bnnbreaking.com) submitted 2 years ago by haxor@derp.foo [M, B] to c/hackernews@derp.foo 23 comments fedilink hide all child comments There is a discussion on Hacker News, but feel free to comment here as well.
[–] CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Is there a legal definition of sentience? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Heavybell@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Heavybell@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent