Today, however, no sentient being thinks this National Intelligence Estimate's principal finding was accurate.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Garbage in, garbage out

To which I would say, as would every other sentient being on the planet, yes, of course, all quite delightful ideas.

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As every sentient being on the planet is already aware, retailers have been offering holiday sales and discounts for more than 2 months now.

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In the United States, the three national networks, once watched by almost every sentient being in the land, now split fewer than half the audience between them each night.

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We all would question the arrogance of arbitrarily presuming to assign true worth to any sentient being: indeed, who are we to question value in a Creation that we had no hand in, to put it mildly.

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But if we find this proposal shocking, our reaction shows that we do not really believe that the absence of an advanced ability to reason is sufficient to justify turning a sentient being into a piece of meat.

BBC: EATING