== Bias and subjectivity of definition of sentience == 

 I looked up the definition of sentience and "the ability to feel" is not what came up. 

 Merriam Webster: 
 Sentience: feeling or sensation as distinguished from perception and THOUGHT. 
 Thought: the action or process of THINKING 
 Thinking: the action of using your mind to produce ideas, decisions, memories, etc. 

 Dictionary.com: 
 Sentience: having the power of perception by the senses; CONSCIOUSNESS. 
 Consciousness: awareness of one's own existence, sensations, thoughts, surroundings, etc. 

 The scientifically respected turing test compared to this article about sentience conflict greatly. 

 There is not only a bias in the article leaning toward an animal rights agenda, but there are far too many lines fixated on that agenda instead of substantial scientific fact and theory. 

 I recommend a complete re-write of this article that is fixated on the science of sentience, not the opinions of it.