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Rational diet: Eating insects?

-2 [deleted] 03 March 2016 07:20PM

Given that dairy and meat are so environmentally harmful, perhaps insects are a viable alternative. There are several projects in this regard, for example LIVIN Farms Hive. Does anyone have experiences with this? What are your thoughts? Eating insects will surely come that the expense of some idiosyncrasy credits but it may be rational to do.

Comments (2)

Comment author: turchin 03 March 2016 09:01:09PM 2 points [-]

While it may be rational to eat insects, it may be bad signaling to say publicly that rationality is about eating insects.

Large scale insect farming may have some unpredictable consequence both from environment and from human health.

We also can't discount human feeling of taste and tradition as unimportant.

Comment author: SoerenMind 03 March 2016 09:02:01PM *  1 point [-]

Seems like a bad meme to spread for precautionary reasons.

http://reducing-suffering.org/the-importance-of-insect-suffering/

http://reducing-suffering.org/why-i-dont-support-eating-insects/

Warning: Bringing this argument at a dinner party with trendsetting, ecologically conscious consumers might cost you major idiosyncrasy credits.