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People in the West flood ant hills without a second thought. What’s the difference? Any answer I can think of is a cultural construct AFAICT.
by pfannkuchen 3y ago
People in the West flood ant hills without a second thought. What’s the difference? Any answer I can think of is a cultural construct AFAICT.
- sgt 3y agoAt some point you have to put a value on things based on perceived consciousness. Like if you treat ants the same as pigs, you'll always see roadblocks. At some point you'll start feeling bad about trimming your hedge.
- pfannkuchen 3y agoPerceived consciousness is roughly what people in the west have settled on, but that isn’t the only option. Human vs not human is also workable, I think, and I suspect that is what some of these other societies have settled on.