Re:How would you design a chicken?
by sdfjkl on Thursday November 08, 2012 @11:36AM
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This prompts some interesting questions. Could you design a brainless chicken or one with just enough brains to eat, breathe and lay eggs? And would that be more or less horrible compared to the way chickens are currently being treated in factories? Where's the line between vat grown meat and brainless chickens?
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Re:How would you design a chicken?
by shalmanese on Thursday November 08, 2012 @12:02PM
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> Could you design a brainless chicken or one with just enough brains to eat, breathe and lay eggs?
Yes, it's called a chicken.
Actually, chickens are pretty intelligent and social creatures[1].
>> Could you design a brainless chicken or one with just enough brains to eat, breathe and lay eggs?
>Yes, it's called a chicken.
Oh yea, that's right. I forgot that chickens exhibit no social interactions and are incapable of learning. Good thing they also are incapable of pain, distress, and enjoyment of anything.
More accident than design but there was Mike the headless chicken:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_the_Headless_Chicken