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Re:The shrimp welfare project by sodality2 on Monday November 18, 2024 @11:54AM (#42174266)
> They're not even confirmed to be fully conscious

Please read the cited Rethink Priorities research: https://rethinkpriorities.org/research-area/welfare-range-es...

Notably the FAQ and responses.

Re:The shrimp welfare project by AlexandrB on Monday November 18, 2024 @01:56PM (#42175667)
I think Dennis Prager is a hack, but this quote looms larger in my mind as I get older.

> The foolishness of that comment is so deep, I can only ascribe it to higher education. You have to have gone to college to say something that stupid.

The entire effort to quantify morality rests on the shakiest of foundations but makes confident claims about its own validity based on layers and layers of mathematical obfuscation and abstraction.