"Human beings are the only sentient beings . We have a concept of the future which separates us from all other creatures ."
"I think others corrected you nicely on the future thing , but I would like to add that the only way humans are the only sentient beings is if we define sentient as something only humans are . If sentient merely means self-aware , I ca n't tell my cat 's self-awareness from my own , so I really could n't say who 's sentient and who 's not ."
"Human beings are the only sentient beings ."
"I would like to add that the only way humans are the only sentient beings is if we define sentient as something only humans are ."