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Certainly! And yeah - I'm sure there's a whole range of perspectives. Probably the idea that plants might be defined as "conscious" bothers some people, but I j
by krisrm 7y ago
Certainly! And yeah - I'm sure there's a whole range of perspectives. Probably the idea that plants might be defined as "conscious" bothers some people, but I just can't understand that frame of mind. What are you going to do about it... starve?
- viklove 7y agoI think the point is that the line between animals and plants would become arbitrary if plants were indeed conscious and could feel pain. Why eat plants but not animals then?
- s_y_n_t_a_x 7y agoI think that line would become blurred, but there would still be room for a variety of views. There's still the level of consciousness and intelligence to look at. I eat everything but octopus/calamari. I think they are too intelligent to eat. I've seen smart cows, and if I didn't grow up eating beef and it wasn't such a great source a protein, I would cut it out too and just eat chicken. For me it's where do I draw the line of intelligence of what I want to eat. The less likely the animal can comprehend what's going on, the easier I feel about it.
- ghostbrainalpha 7y agoI seriously wonder if there are any extreme psychopaths or serial killers, that intentionally eat as much Octopus as possible just to satisfy their urge to cause maximum harm to other beings? I can't eat Octopus, Pigs, Dogs, or any type of Ape because they are too aware of the process. Oddly I don't have the same aversion to Dolphins or Whales. They may have a comparable amount of intelligence to animals that I wouldn't eat, and a dolphin is even cuter than an octopus, but for some reason I don't have a problem identifying them as food. Sort of like Sheep and Goats, they are cute, but also clearly labeled as food in my head.