That's not really the English definition, regardless of what your galactic alien buddies from 'VHATC-L2' say.
It's used to mean something that can feel (e.g. pleasure/pain), hence its etymological origin: from the Latin word 'sentient' meaning 'feeling'. A dog is sentient because it can feel - it feels pleasure, pain etc. and reacts to external and internal stimuli.
Furthermore, I don't agree that a dog is unable to 'look forward in time'. A very basic example of this are when you teach a dog to retrieve a branch; when you hold the branch in front of the dog, the dog displays signs that it is expecting you to throw the branch. It is referring to memory as a means of predicting the near future i.e. looking forward in time to determine the appropriate action in the present. This is exactly what we do.
Is it normal people would eat such an animal?
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That's not really the English definition, regardless of what your galactic alien buddies from 'VHATC-L2' say.
It's used to mean something that can feel (e.g. pleasure/pain), hence its etymological origin: from the Latin word 'sentient' meaning 'feeling'. A dog is sentient because it can feel - it feels pleasure, pain etc. and reacts to external and internal stimuli.
Furthermore, I don't agree that a dog is unable to 'look forward in time'. A very basic example of this are when you teach a dog to retrieve a branch; when you hold the branch in front of the dog, the dog displays signs that it is expecting you to throw the branch. It is referring to memory as a means of predicting the near future i.e. looking forward in time to determine the appropriate action in the present. This is exactly what we do.
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this isn't even worth an argument. dogs are definitely sentient.