Yes I see what you mean. You're right. We could avoid total collapse of the population of domestic animals by slowly winding down the demand for their...
They have not perfected artifical meat products yet but technology is improving on this front and artifical meats like burgers etc are being trialled ...
Correct. No one is obliged to do anything for strangers. I'm not obliged to help care for the sick either, nor obliged to give to charity, I'm not obl...
It's hard to reconcile when we consider other animals as having sentience and emotions etc like we do. If we didn't consider this then the debate abou...
Have you come across a thing called "prion diseases" like kuru. They are transmitted best through cannabilism because the misfolded protein in the "fo...
Yes and lose biodiversity in the process. If we don't breed food animals then they will go extinct. Sure if you want to say good riddance to poultry, ...
In this sense evil is a natural and avoidable opposite created simultaneously with good. After all how can we know what is evil without good? If every...
You highlight some valid particularities here. I will reconsider my approach based on that info I didn't know previously. Yes maybe they aren't really...
Why can we not replace protein with source A with an identical protein from source B? I don't reallynget your argument. Substituting something with so...
Well you might be right the system is stubborn to change and any change that is occuring certainly is tardy. But it's never too late to adapt to curre...
I meant strictly in regard to trophic levels of nature. Not whether the animal is domesticated or not. Domesticated animals still do what is natural t...
Is that to say that animals are not made of chemical stuff? What is the difference between a carbon in my body and a carbon in the body of a cow? And ...
Very true Constance. I agree. "As above so below" (hermeticism). In other words what is out there reflects what is within. We perceive reality based o...
Currently I cannot. If I'm truly honest Vera. I'm not sure whether artifical meat manufacturing will outcompete natural processes that have evolved fo...
I see what you mean 180 proof. You're optimistic that our human intelligence will be our legacy in whatever we create to expand towards the vast dista...
Be that as it may I do admire vegans for the basic principles of their beliefs - that we ought respect animals more than we do. They have highlighted ...
Agreed in the sense that the largest powers should be the ones to set an example. Disagree that they are the only nations that can. Of course they're ...
Nations- being the sum of individuals, have nothing to do with morals? So a nation can act however it pleases against another nation with no considera...
I don't think the evidence is so much "unreliable" but rather incomplete. As partial evidence it could be reliable if the remaining evidence confirms ...
Yes. S observes P incompletely (it's silhouette in twilight) it only sees the outline not the full object in full light. You can believe P is one thin...
Precisely. What something "does" (action) isn't strictly what something "is"(appearance), it is conditional (based on the perspective of the observer)...
True it seems an ever more possible option with the advancement in technology and bioengineering. My only question here is that this process of synthe...
Of course they do. If the truth of nature isn't waiting for us to understand it then how could we ever approach it by as you said "discovering" truths...
Not an infinite regress. Just a regression to the truth. Where one's belief/ collection of beliefs about what is true matches what is actually the cas...
I did engage with it. Considering his defintion I disagree. Is that not engaging and then choosing whether it makes reasonable sense to you or not. It...
No not myself some advantage. Surprisingly, not everything someone does is in self interest. Sometimes we see an issue that isn't our problem and does...
Yeah as I said. You can't force people to do what you want as it's unethical. Hence why holding a barrel of a gun to someone's head (trying to force t...
On the contrary it is and only ever has been a case of individual morals. Most countries are democracies. So every vote counts. By changing the indivi...
I think we will reach certain tipping points at this stage simply from inactivity and favouring observing the effects of climate as proof that it exis...
Perhaps you're right. In our quest to breed the most loyal and docile breeds (labradors, retrievers etc) we inadvertently and accidentally made the op...
Well interestingly enough there is a case of an animal that has the ability to kill us as we did it - the wolf. But it seems instead something our anc...
Because they are in order of what is most different (spider) to what is most similar (ape) - close to self? If self preservation is your motto is it n...
Well killing spiders may seem trivial. But we must always consider the purpose of spiders. They produce silk - one of the strongest natural substances...
Quite right Tzeentch. I think veganism has some unfortunate plot holes. I do admire the intent of vegans to speak on behalf of the other animals on ea...
According to who? Oh right, ourselves. Isn't that sort of self referential bias? Haha what has you believe that "instinct" isn't "knowing what you're ...
So you see a cow shaped object and believe its a cow but it's actually a cloth. If you "suspect" the familiar silhouette is a cow then your "suspicion...
As is entirely their right to do so. I for one am always interested in what others make of it all. I'm always encountering new perspectives and takes ...
I'm happy to hear it. It's a very positive and peaceful position to hold. Dying is as effortless, as passive and natural as birth was. One did not suf...
It seems as though the mere consideration of "what god is/could be" is, in itself, the most omnipotent, omnipresent and omniscient thought possible - ...
"Real" to me is the sum of everything. Nothing that isn't real can or will ever occur, be imagined, considered, thought, felt, observed or be physical...
Interesting indeed. I think the main motivation for ending death through technology and medicine stems from fear of death, fear of the uknown and powe...
I think they can. The colour of the car is blue and only blue (in a world where no one is colour blind, or in a world where only what you see is true)...
I meant their beliefs in reference to reality. If person one - a scientist, believes what is true about reality is only what can be measured repeatedl...
As far as I know cognition of how something appears is as much to do with the perceiver as it is to do with the object being observed. Consider an ext...
Out of interest who says crows don't have language? Firstly they're very vocal birds and we don't understand what the purpose of such crowing and cawk...
I agree Alkis. I think the basis of war is irreconcilable and aggravating contradictions in values, beliefs or "personal truths" as to how true realit...
Are contradictions not the basis for self reference and agency. For example two humans must be in contradiction with one another's beliefs otherwise t...
Well I wouldnt consider it so much a duty but a natural instinct and a natural imperative. People reproduce not because of what their future children ...
I think the world is "set up" / evolves in such a way that the irrational and the rational both cohabitate. They depend on one another. I'm dragging t...
Of course not. How would that be ethical? We are implored to help them self actualize to the best of their ability. By encouraging them and supporting...
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