Since this is true what do you think makes us sentient beings?

After all we are just a bunch of chemicals. Shouldn't we just be inanimate objects ?

"Almost 99% of the mass of the human body is made up of six elements: oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, calcium, and phosphorus. Only about 0.85% is composed of another five elements: potassium, sulfur, sodium, chlorine, and magnesium. All 11 are necessary for life."