The mysterious inner life of the octopus

Re:The mysterious inner life of the octopus by Nevermark on Friday February 24, 2023 @02:57PM (#34929257)

I am going to trust the octopus. Octopus eat octopus.

The morality of eating other animals is a messy subject. I don't think anyone can claim a perfect framework.

But they taste good, and they don't seem to sympathize with their own.

They are also a creature doing well in the wild, a generalist that responds well to ecosystem changes. As apposed to some other seafoods.

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Re:The mysterious inner life of the octopus by beznet on Friday February 24, 2023 @03:46PM (#34929888)

There's lots of things that happen in the wild that us humans shouldn't use as a moral compass. Also eating them involves causing these great creatures mass amounts of pain and suffering before they die. It's best to just leave them alone and let them live their lives in peace.

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Re:The mysterious inner life of the octopus by Nevermark on Friday February 24, 2023 @04:42PM (#34930520)

I agree to a degree

But pigs and chickens are probably much worse morally to eat. Given their entire lives can be hellish. And a majority of people eat those.

Eating an animal that lived a natural life before being harvested seems less cruel to me.

I am sharing my thoughts, not claiming I am "right" or settled on this issue.

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Re:The mysterious inner life of the octopus by anileated on Friday February 24, 2023 @10:22PM (#34933504)

Yes. If I outwit octopus 1:1 that would be OK.

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