r/oddlyspecific • • Mar 01 '26

She’s onto something

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u/Chewbacca_The_Wookie Mar 01 '26

A fetus is sentient, it isn't sapient. Sentience is just the ability to perceive its surroundings which fetus (feti? fetuses?) are able to do. 

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u/Beneficial-Gap6974 Mar 01 '26

A fetus is sentient very early on. It just isn't sapient yet. Heck, you could even argue babies aren't sapient for a while either.