I understand your question, but I do not currently understand how to process your question.<p>If I look at something and it has quality A, is it any different to me than if I look at another, fake thing, that also has quality A?<p>If every way I examine it, it is the same, is it not the same? At least to me?<p>We are entering the realm of the unknown, perhaps the Great Unknown. Here we cannot reason. It&#x27;s not rational. It&#x27;s not irrational. It&#x27;s trans-rational.<p>Sidebar: I&#x27;ll note that you mention consciousness. There is a strong reason why I attempted to define consciousness ahead of sentience. The latter is dependent on the former. Both definitions are controversial.<p>ADD: It occurs to me that some kind of religion and alien contact are intractably linked, both from our side and from the other side. Interesting.