Astral Codex Ten Podcast

I Will Not Eat The Bugs


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From the comments on Moral Costs Of Chicken Vs. Beef:

As far as moral concern goes, I think it's right to act your rational conviction, but I can't honestly surmount my own doubt that it makes sense to care about animal well-being...if I really am to say that chickens have moral worth, I don't see any easy spot to get off that train between chickens and insects.

Don't worry, you're not getting off the train. The train has already left the station and gotten halfway to Vladivostok.

Last month the EU food safety regulator officially approved mealworms as safe for human consumption, sparking a bunch of articles on how bugs are the food of the future (see eg The Guardian: If We Want To Save The Planet, The Future Of Food Is Insects). And although it's not a massive groundswell of outrage or anything, it's also sparked a little bit of concern from animal welfare advocates.

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