Watercressed comments on Why Eat Less Meat? - LessWrong

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Comment author: Watercressed 24 July 2013 01:09:50AM 0 points [-]

If we were to put a bunch of chickens into a room, and on one side of the room was a wolf, and the other side had factory farming cages that protected the chickens from the wolf, I would expect the chickens to run into the cages.

It's true that chickens can comprehend a wolf much better than they can comprehend factory farming, but I'm not quite sure how that affects this thought experiment.

Comment author: MTGandP 24 July 2013 01:14:37AM 5 points [-]

And I expect that a human would do the same thing.

Comment author: Watercressed 24 July 2013 01:34:51AM 1 point [-]

I made a hash of that comment; I'm sorry.