Comment by NoMoreNicksLeft

>It's another round of "humans must be special, right?"

I don't believe that anyone needs to justify their "humans are special" creed. It's arbitrary, that's fine, and it's only true because we decided it was true. I see no reason to reconsider it either.

It's in all of our interests to continue to behave as if "humans are special", and those who insist otherwise are species-traitors.

>when you encounter a new kind of creature, how do you decide if they are sentient?

Why would I even care? I don't think the word "sentient" is even defined in a way that this can be determined. I'm not entirely sure humans are sentient, and it does not matter because even if we aren't sentient, humans are special without need for justification.