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> Because we humans are more important than them. The profoundly unaware speciesism and selfishness in this comment is exactly why there is so much suffering
by moltenc 3y ago
> Because we humans are more important than them.
The profoundly unaware speciesism and selfishness in this comment is exactly why there is so much suffering and pain in this world.
- jayGlow 3y agohaving an in group bias is pretty universal among social animals. do you really expect people to value another species over their own?
- NoMoreNicksLeft 3y agoI'm not sure what this comment is supposed to mean. There's a faulty premise or something. You might as well say "the greed of universal constants is so high and that's exactly why there are so many chlorine atoms in the ocean". I'm minimally interested in reducing the level of human pain that exists in the world. I'm absolutely uninterested in reducing the level of non-human pain in the world unless there are practical benefits for that effort. I don't even know what "suffering" means. Is "suffering" pain, just a synonym? If so, why say "suffering and pain"? Is it some sort of fallacy to try to add emotional weight to your statement? Is suffering distinct from pain? Can you measure suffering? Detect it with some instrument? Do you even have a definition for suffering? "Suffering" is as mystical and meaningless as when the religious talk about souls. When people use that word, I suspect very strongly that they're incapable of consistently remaining rational.
- humansareok1 3y agoWhat an insane person you are. Animals are far more cruel than Humans could ever hope to be. The mere fact that we care about this fact at all is evidence of our superiority. The human capacity for suffering, love, creativity, etc far outstrip anything in the animal kingdom and its not close.