Why?
I mean, are hunger, lust and or other things what define sapience?
It seems that is what people are saying because of subjective experience and emotions is what gives us a sense of being. It is more the collective experience that gives us a sense off sapience. Without it we would be oblivious. It is not necessary to have a particular way of sensing the world but any type of awareness we have or don't have will affect how we see and shape our world.