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Using such rule of thumb would let one believe that cannibalism is ok as part of diet because Fore people practised it for generations. We of course know now th
by Hitton 6y ago
Using such rule of thumb would let one believe that cannibalism is ok as part of diet because Fore people practised it for generations. We of course know now that it caused spread of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease among them with incubation period on average longer than 10 years. There even appeared mutation among them which granted immunity to it.
- samatman 6y agoWhat a bizarre and irrelevant thing to say. Cannibalism, nutritionally speaking, is perfectly healthy, if you stick to muscle meats. Eating the brain of prion-infested sheep can kill you just as thoroughly as the brain of prion-infested humans. We don't practice cannibalism for other reasons...
- Hitton 6y agoFalse equivalency. If you eat brain of prion-infested sheep, it will end with your death. With cannibalism it continues after members of your community eat you at your funeral, that allows for much wider spread of the disease. We don't practice cannibalism because of our own cultural norms, but that doesn't mean there aren't other good reasons for not doing it. (And question is whether out cultural norms against cannibalism didn't develop just to save us from this, after all there are speculations that it was kuru-like disease that caused extinction of Neanderthals[1]) [1]: doi:10.3390/pathogens2030472