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> This is not an obvious jump or foregone conclusion. You said it yourself it's unavoidable. I'm not advocating for withholding, I'm just baffled by the call for sustainability whe…

But that is a hundred year old story. I can't see what is so insightful about that. (small scale is efficient for local needs) What he's not mentioning at all is that the Africans …

The way chickens are raised today, you'd be insane to raise chickens. Chickens of the old, roamed the grass, picking little shits that no one could find or eat, growing slowly but …

and people think technology will solve global warming, but floods, fires and tornados still unmatched by human ingenuity. 2060 - year when rainforests disappear 2049 - year when oc…

I'm not saying it is the same. It's just that our reactions to the cognitive dissonance are the same. For example, you had attempts at laws of humane handling of slaves during the …

Well, an argument of taste comes into mind. If my life is based on daily enjoyment in my meals then giving up flesh is lowering my happiness. The enjoyment, the participation in a …

You mean, microorganisms allow better deconstruction of cellulose which then frees the protein and makes it digestable? Yeah, ruminants are amazing with their cyclic puking and eat…

Cognitive dissonance is everywhere. It was massive during the slavery period of the USA. Or now, when billions of non-human animals pollute the planet and trillions dying every yea…

No one is talking about standards. I'm talking about food that might make your dog sick or malnourished. But to each his own.

usda when measuring cooked or raw beans, for example, measures them differently. for example cooking 100g of beans in 500g of water would result in, let's say, 450g of beanwater (b…

same thing is for protein present in grass but indigestible for humans. cows can extract "enormous" amounts of protein from foods that humans wouldn't ever. it's very hard measurin…

the majority of pet food is meat not fit for human consumption. [1] if you aren't feeding your pet meat that you eat, it's living on extreme crap. [1]: http://www.dogfoodadvisor.co…

Self awareness is present in many mammals. Not just humans. I'm not really sure how we can think of giant leaps in cognition when evolution never works like that.

Biggest problem is animal agriculture. The use of extremely aggressive antibiotics increases muscle growth, improves health and eventually leads to larger profit. 150 billion land …