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

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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[-] sour@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago
[-] theKalash@feddit.ch 0 points 1 year ago
[-] sour@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

that doesn’t mean they feel pain

[-] Kerfuffle@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago

A pop science article using misleading language to drive traffic. They don't literally scream.

Anyway, no one is saying that plants can't react to stimuli. There's a difference between nociception and experiencing pain, fear, or other emotions. There's no evidence that plants (or any creature without a CNS) can do that.

[-] theKalash@feddit.ch 1 points 1 year ago

They literally do scream. Textbook definition.

[-] Kerfuffle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

"The car's tires screamed in protest as he drifted around the curve."

From this we can conclude that tires are sentient.

this post was submitted on 28 Aug 2023
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