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How smart would cows have to become for you to stop eating beef? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by ericbomb@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Obviously this question is only for people who eat beef regularly.

But I just was wondering, what IQ/ability would make you swear off beef? If they could speak like an 8 y.o, would that be enough to cut off beef? If they got an IQ of 80, would that do it?

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[–] elouboub@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (8 children)

I think people forget that nature is quite brutal. If humans stopped eating meat, millions of animals would still be killed by predators, illness, parasites, old age, accidents, etc.

If cows became intelligent enough to participate in society but we had lab grown beef, I'd eat it.

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

We're also the only species who raises animals just to eat them later. I'm not a vegetarian, I'm just planning out that you're logic isn't exactly perfect there.

[–] elouboub@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That is false. Monkeys cultivate ants to eat them IINM and ants raise other aphids to do the same.

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