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Anyone who's ever interacted with any kind of animal knows how they are intelligent. The lack of science on this matter is not the reason we still consume meat
by aulin 3y ago
Anyone who's ever interacted with any kind of animal knows how they are intelligent.
The lack of science on this matter is not the reason we still consume meat and more science won't change anything.
We've always found ways to justify/accept our need for meat and wel'll continue doing this as long as science doesn't find an equally nutritious alternative that can be produced at scale.
- rickydroll 3y ago> Anyone who's ever interacted with any kind of animal knows how they are intelligent. Anyone who's ever had backyard chickens knows they are not intelligent. Nature gave them a brain to keep the spinal cord from fraying.
- psd1 3y agoI'm stealing that line! But chickens have a social order, keepers say, and more complex behaviour than a naive city slicker might expect. They may not be grandmasters, but they aren't completely stupid.
- rickydroll 3y agoThat line also applies to some management types and children of the rich and powerful.
- sph 3y agoIn the words of Werner Herzog: https://youtu.be/QhMo4WlBmGM?si=9rwaeU6DeaBPTQBN https://youtu.be/QhMo4WlBmGM?si=9rwaeU6DeaBPTQBN
- JohnMakin 3y agoI’m not making any kind of statement as to why we consume meat or whether we should, just making an observation
- aulin 3y agoSorry, I wasn't really arguing against you. It's just that every time an article like this comes out everyone act likes it's a step towards abandoning meat. Unfortunately that's not so easy.
- sph 3y agoIt is perfectly possible to accept that we are meat-eating apex predators and still be in awe and respect of the intelligence of other life forms.