Re:Paul Graham on the Transition to Meat Substitutes
by baddox on Sunday February 24, 2019 @05:47PM
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I don’t think the parent commenter is claiming that his/her way of life is “the one right and true way.” I think the point is that people’s own preferences are influenced by how they grew up and thus changing their diets dramatically will not be so simple.
Re:Paul Graham on the Transition to Meat Substitutes
by DoreenMichele on Sunday February 24, 2019 @05:55PM
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I think the point is that people’s own preferences are influenced by how they grew up and thus changing their diets dramatically will not be so simple.
A point I was 100% agreeing with, so I'm not sure what your point is.
Re:Paul Graham on the Transition to Meat Substitutes
by sonnyblarney on Sunday February 24, 2019 @06:00PM
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By 'we' - he means essentially every culture and most humans throughout history.
We are essentially omnivorous by nature.
We mostly all ate meat, not just 'some rural people'.
We literally evolved around it, so it's part of our composition in a very, very fundamental way.
Almost certainly. People tend to feel that however they grew up is the one right and true way to live. It can be an extremely difficult feeling to escape, even in cases where they actively very much want to leave it behind and live some other way, for example people who were abused and are in therapy and trying hard to find a better way to live.