Scientists now know that bees can process time, a first in insects

Re:Scientists now know that bees can process time, a first i... by MangoToupe on Friday November 21, 2025 @11:49PM (#46012204)

I mean the goats I have today I only have because we bred them to be useful to us, and that being neurotic about the food we eat rarely helps any living thing.

Of course I treat my goats well, and I love them. But this doesn't factor much into the ethics of why we eat them in the first place. If I didn't eat them they wouldn't exist. The entire problem is close to nonsensical.

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Re:Scientists now know that bees can process time, a first i... by angiolillo on Monday November 24, 2025 @11:31AM (#46035867)

I'm still not sure how that makes them "maybe even tastier" when you raise them yourself?

> If I didn't eat them they wouldn't exist.

Does that mean that if I bring something into existence that anything I choose do to it is therefore ethical, or is eating special? (To be clear, I think there are a number of solid arguments for eating animals, I just don't think that's one of them.)

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