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The "Backlash" to Plant-Based Meat Has a Sneaky, if Not Surprising, Explanation
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Insects are animals.
But like, not very conscious animals. I wouldn't have much of an issue with some cow tumoral cells growing uncontrollably in a vat.
I've watched bees attempt to problem solve their way out of containers. Our inability to create good tests for consciousness that doesn't necessarily look like our's is definitely going to create a good bit of existential horror when we start to develop better testing methods.