Humanitarianism

Den May 30, 2020 at 19:56 1300 views 3 comments

What if we didn't consume living things? Suppose our consumption was limited to the chemistry needed to provide energic components. Our brain: Does it need living input, like meat, grass, or oats, or can it survive on chemistry, like oxygen, nitrogen, and non-organic matter?

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Pfhorrest May 30, 2020 at 20:00 #417854 0 likes

We eat things to get those chemicals. In principles our brains and bodies could survive just fine on synthesized versions of all the appropriate chemicals — if we could get them like that.

Den May 30, 2020 at 20:23 #417862 0 likes

Reply to Pfhorrest How do you know?

Pfhorrest May 30, 2020 at 20:46 #417872 0 likes

Reply to Den Science.