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This is nothing but conjecture, but my suspicion is that neurotically conscientious people are more likely to become vegan, and also more likely to be depressed
by johnNumen 5y ago
This is nothing but conjecture, but my suspicion is that neurotically conscientious people are more likely to become vegan, and also more likely to be depressed and anxious.
- s1artibartfast 5y agoInteresting suspicion. What atypical mind states are associated with meat eating? It would have to be a very large effect given 95‰ of the US eats meat. I think the opposite is more likely. Atypical mind states are associated with veganism and the mood disorders.
- johnNumen 5y agoTo clarify, when I said "neurotically conscientious" I was referring to two of the traits in the Big 5 personality assessment scheme--neoroticism and conscientiousness. So not an "atypical mind state" so much as an ingrained way of viewing the world. So in response to "what personality traits would you associate with meat eaters?" I would say, closer to average levels of neuroticism and conscientiousness, and hence also closer to average levels of anxiety and depression.
- s1artibartfast 5y agoSorry, I misread that as "neuotypically conscientious". What you wrote makes a lot more sense now
- sjburt 5y agoA significant portion appear to be feel threatened by (or at least, intensely concerned by) others' personal dietary habits. Paranoia? Megalomania?
- Iv 5y agoWell, if you consider animal life to be valuable, it makes sense you that consider raising cattle for food similarly to how one would consider slavery today, and be disgusted by the results of that process.
- phnofive 5y ago> 95‰ Never seen that one before - assuming it's a typo here, but this is per-mil. Neat!
- s1artibartfast 5y agoIt is a typo formed by long press on the % key with a Motorola keyboard.
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- sundvor 5y agoI don't think you're wrong. Ignorance is bliss, sometimes. If everyone had to meet the meat before their meals, we'd be able to bring consumption right down. (And by that I'd include the whole impact of cow breeding on the environment etc, right down to the execution.)
- mmcgaha 5y agoSo you think hunters and people tend livestock eat less meat?
- nautilius 5y agoNo, that’s not what sundvor says. They explicitly talk about the whole population (“everyone “), and I am pretty sure if everyone had to pull the trigger on their dinner, total meat consumption would absolutely go down, regardless of what a few hunters or farmers do.
- sundvor 5y agoYep. I've only done so once, well my brother did the shooting whilst I held the rabbit down then helped prep to skin them. Meeting the meat was also a reference to the Restaurant at the End of the Galaxy; there, the meat would kill itself. It forced the attendants higher up in the food chain to be confronted by the reality of the situation, rather than having the slice of meat simply something you get at the supermarkets in a packet. In all seriousness, by reducing the amount of meat eaten you can avoid the worst meat factories with their horrible conditions for the animals. I believe organic farming is far more ethical, and better for the planet as well (methane emissions) as for the consumers who are likely to be overweight.
- UnpossibleJim 5y agoI will say this, having known both and helped/been both. They do tend to use more of the livestock/game when eating meat than those who are separated from the process of harvesting the animal, itself. This is, of course, purely anecdotal. EDIT: My grammar game is horrible today. Sorry
- girvo 5y agoThat, and the study is straight up funded by the beef industry which makes me pretty suspect. "This study was funded in part via an unrestricted research grant from the Beef Checkoff, through the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association."
- CheezeIt 5y agoThe complaint I’d register with this explanation is that neurotic and conscientious are psychological buzzwords. There is certainly some truer way to describe vegans just as briefly.