What "whole equation"? Meaning taking into account the claims about the relative suffering of eggs and chicken? It seems like it should be possible for people to agree on the relative suffering of different chickens, but after looking at the other numbers, I am utterly uninterested in what Brian has to say about it.
it's enough to show that substituting eggs for meat isn't going to do a whole lot to help.
Sure, but you are moving the goalposts. You should have brought that up at the very beginning, rather than claiming that a 20% difference was cause for action.
Meaning taking into account the claims about the relative suffering of eggs and chicken?
Meaning taking into account the claims about the relative suffering of egg-laying chickens and meat chickens.
You should have brought that up at the very beginning, rather than claiming that a 20% difference was cause for action.
What I originally said was:
If anything, you should be replacing eggs with meat.
I was saying that replacing meat with eggs would not work, and doing the reverse would be slightly helpful. Apparently, replacing meat with eggs would be sl...
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