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Do you feel the same way about pork or beef?
by lgessler 9y ago
Do you feel the same way about pork or beef?
- irrational 9y agoNope. I've spent a ton of time around all these different animals and cattle and pigs (and especially chickens) are just stupid. Horses aren't stupid.
- lgessler 9y agoI am sure that your prolonged exposure to these farm animals has given you valuable insights into the nature of these animals. But I think you'd agree that informal observation has serious epistemological shortcomings. (I presume from what you wrote you did not engage in rigorous scientific observation of these animals.) Personally, I've spent essentially no time around farm animals, but from what I understand about the scientific work in the area it seems likely that many farm animals have quite sophisticated minds. One review of experimental findings in pig intelligence[1] claims that "pigs possess complex ethological traits similar, but not identical, to dogs and chimpanzees". [1]: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8sx4s79c https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8sx4s79c