Scientists Are Rethinking Animal Cognition

Re:Scientists Are Rethinking Animal Cognition by blunte on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @07:20PM (#19158508)

> I think the closer you are to the actual killing of animals, the more you tend to revere them, if anything.

This is clearly not the case, else nobody would be willing to work for a factory farm.

The opposite appears to be true. People become desensitized - at least the ones who can handle the initial shock. Also, in some regions of the world (and in developed countries), generations have grown up with a company mentality and seem incapable of considering things from any other perspective.

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Re:Scientists Are Rethinking Animal Cognition by goldenkey on Thursday February 14, 2019 @04:20AM (#19160657)

Its different when you are slaughtering animals endlessly as a job versus hunting for food. The former will make you a morbid psychopath. The latter will give you reverence for the animal and the hunt and your position in it.

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Re:Scientists Are Rethinking Animal Cognition by blunte on Thursday February 14, 2019 @07:44AM (#19161444)

I don't disagree. However, I would argue that there are vastly fewer food hunters than factory farm workers.

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