[xjwm]

>What I am trying to say is, it doesn't matter if the subject is actually conscious. All that matter is we (I), feel/think that it is conscious, or deserving of care and respect.

The law of gravity is nonsense. No such law exists. If I think I float, and you think I float, then it happens.

[kajaktum]

Tell me how to falsify the claim that other people are also conscious?

[xjwm]

The quote above is from the book 1984. I felt it fit.