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The existence of carnivores doesn't advance any argument whatsoever about the relative difficulty of one task vs the other nor about what diet would be desirabl
by michaelmrose 3y ago
The existence of carnivores doesn't advance any argument whatsoever about the relative difficulty of one task vs the other nor about what diet would be desirable. In fact there is no evolutionary argument to be made because what we should eat is a complex question that can't be answered by asking what we did eat.
- salad-tycoon 3y ago> In fact there is no evolutionary argument to be made. Agreed, in a short and pithy way I was trying to make this point. I’ve been taught to be weary of the “beautiful savage” argument too, so I don’t think pointing out to tribes that only eat meat or only eat vegetables is useful. As cool as the Hadza are their hunting and eating practices don’t really give me much additional guidance and I tune out when my influencers of choice start waxing poetical about their amazing life changing visit.