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There’s a part of me that speculates that the kashrut laws are meant to rule out eating the most intelligent animals (pigs, cetaceans, cephalopods).

• eszed 11mo ago
  Interesting! I'd never thought of that. Still, though... bivalves?
  • connicpu 11mo ago
    I think shellfish was more unambiguously a food safety thing
    • eszed 11mo ago
      Fair.
• Loughla 11mo ago
  I had a college professor who steadfastly believed that pork was a no go because pigs get sunburned. Not because they're resource and time intensive. Not because they're intelligent and weirdly similar to humans. Sunburns. I have no idea