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How about lettuce, carrots, eggs, etc? Just because their reaction times are slower does not mean they are not suffering? The truth is humans are wired to gaug
by extropy 5y ago
How about lettuce, carrots, eggs, etc? Just because their reaction times are slower does not mean they are not suffering?
The truth is humans are wired to gauge the level of environmental danger by looking for personably relatable aggression events. And there is a practical limit how low we should go. Also with living more dense, humans are gotten way better at handling various aggressive stimuli, like noise, air pollution, constant close interaction. We have stopped treating them as aggression, but it still is for the rest of life on this rock.
- mdiesel 5y agoThe difference in intelligence between an egg and a chicken aren't just reaction times. Basic cellular life might respond to stimuli in a way we can call "pain", but they'll never understand it the same way. The difference is like us touching a hot stove and pulling away as an automatic response, versus the various forms of torture we've invented. That doesn't mean it's right, just that there is a difference and we'll all draw a line somewhere. A bit like how people see eating cats and dogs as somehow different from chickens and cows.