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I agree. There is a reasonable expectation of vegetarian choices at public functions.
I did. It seemed fine in the 'post' window. But the original formatting was done in Word.
3) sounds like, "If you can't be with the one you love, love the one your with"
Other old hippies will know
If eating meat is wrong because animals suffer, is it bad to eat animals that don't suffer? Most farm animals are man-made, genetically modified by breeding, to provide food for man. I have been told that some humans cannot experience pain. I suppose that condition may occur from time to time in domestic animals. Suppose pain was bred out of animals raised for food or labs genetically modified animals to eliminate pain. Would meat eating then be less immoral? Because domestic animals are bred for food, they are highly specialized. Dairy cattle and chicken cannot survive without human assistance. A friend likes to say that a farmer is just a cow's way of... (read more)
I agree with your skepticism about relying on self-reports for a measure. But what do you mean by, "priming effects"?
I like your piece, Mass_Driver.
I hope you can tolerate my discourse as a sort of 'stream of consciousness'.
What is the proper contribution of a rational person that will give meaning and enjoyment in life?
I decide to test the question against the little I know about such things. What is the natural role of individuals in evolution? I believe it is simply to pass on the species to the next generation through supporting current living species success. Evolution has no interest in my individual skills and outputs. It wants another generation of my species. All I need to be an achiever is that I do no harm to my species and if I... (read more)
I guess I realized that after I left the computer. Poor bugger!
I think I own some halfling programs !
It will be difficult to measure without a clear definition. Perhaps, a taxonomy of definitions based on frequency of application would help so that important changes over small domains would be measured separately from unimportant changes over larger domains so that the rate of change in particle physics would a show a measure different from the development of robot vacuum cleaners. But once having determined clean definitions and categories, a simple count expressed as quantity per year, or other time frame, would give a rate. Those expressions could be used to compare a periods of time and determine if technological change was advancing.
Perhaps a person tends to make more assumptions in areas not thoroughly familiar. Short-cutting comprehension as a means of saving time or effort where the cost of more study outweighs the benefits, especially short term. Not so much a cognitive effect but a necessary memory expedient.