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I was pondering the same idea, but to stop animal from suffering in nature you need to stop all food chains above plants. Right?
by monort 11y ago
I was pondering the same idea, but to stop animal from suffering in nature you need to stop all food chains above plants. Right?
- mrfusion 11y agoMaybe just genetically engineer them to feel no fear or pain at the moment of being eaten?
- willholloway 11y agoImagine a nature reserve where predators were air-dropped cultured meat, and drones tracked predators and administered a non-lethal deterrent like a targeted acoustic weapon at a lion chasing a baby elephant. The herbivore population would be kept in equilibrium with future-contraceptives.
- TeMPOraL 11y agoIt's a tricky thing, an abortion-level tricky thing actually. At the top of life's process you have humans, and human death is obviously Bad. At the bottom of life you have simple chemical reactions, which are obviously Quite Cool. The line will have to be drawn somewhere in between, but we need to figure out where. Personally, I expect it to be somewhere above plants and bugs and below kittens. But then, I'm a bit biased about bugs - I tend to think about them as either "those ugly annoying things" or "cool high-tech drones we'll hopefully program one day". And I'm definitely biased about kittens.