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“My new book The Edge of Sentience is about how to "err on the side of caution" in cases of uncertain sentience. If you have any questions about the book, let me know! ” Jonathan Birch

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Can you tell us a two-sentence horror story?
Jonathan Birch As recently at the the 1980s, surgery was routinely performed on newborn babies without anaesthesia. It took a public outcry to change clinical practice - underlining the value of involving the public in debates about the edge of sentience.
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What mystery in your own life could be a plot for a book?
Jonathan Birch The mystery of how I became a sentient being at some unknown point in fetal development. Was it a sharp transition or a gradual one? Both possibilities seem almost impossible to imagine.
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