In the sense that talking about the 1st ever sentient being is to some extent like talking about the 1st ever planet. There is a fact of the matter about which was the 1st planet, and when it formed for a given definition of planet, but there is nothing very special about any particular definition. I think the same applies to falsifiable definitions of sentience.
Interesting. Yeah so my post implicitly assumes that what sentience is is more objective than what a planet is, but that’s a good pushback, I think. I defo did not think about this and this might be a whole other problem with moral weight research.
In the sense that talking about the 1st ever sentient being is to some extent like talking about the 1st ever planet. There is a fact of the matter about which was the 1st planet, and when it formed for a given definition of planet, but there is nothing very special about any particular definition. I think the same applies to falsifiable definitions of sentience.
Interesting. Yeah so my post implicitly assumes that what sentience is is more objective than what a planet is, but that’s a good pushback, I think. I defo did not think about this and this might be a whole other problem with moral weight research.