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If it looks like a duck and it quacks like a duck, it is a duck? Anyone? (/s)
No but seriously, i think the question of personhood is interesting and more complicated, at least in theory. Like, what if we ever meet an extraterrestrial species that also exhibits intelligent behavior. Would we consider them natural persons? Would we grant personhood to them? Why, or why not?
Bro if extraterrestrials visit Earth. The more important question will be whether **they grant humans personhood! **