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Exactly. The benefits to ending animal suffering, the environment, and maybe even human health could be amazing if they could produce molecularly identical art
by wikiburner 13y ago
Exactly.
The benefits to ending animal suffering, the environment, and maybe even human health could be amazing if they could produce molecularly identical artificial meat, but the one interesting aspect of it is that as a consequence of our wanting to avoid animal cruelty, billions of animals will never exist.
I know it might be silly to question whether a chicken or cow would prefer existence with a cruel end to nothing, but it's still kind of an interesting thought.
As usual, Louis CK put it best:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3c0THQbdDE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3c0THQbdDE
- mistercow 13y agoI am pretty OK with not creating experiential entities merely to put them through a lifetime of suffering and a painful end. My ethics don't put that much utility on total amount of experience in the world, so having fewer entities in pain is OK with me.
- consonants 13y agoLike the other domesticated animals that once had a vital purpose in human society, there will be people who will continue to raise them simply because they view them as companions and not a commodity. That's a noble goal, in my opinion.