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Reprogramming Predators, Abolitionism Sunday, Nov 22 2009 

animal rights Michael Anissimov 2:27 pm

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3 Responses to “Reprogramming Predators, Abolitionism”

1. reexpthetai Says:
   November 22nd, 2009 at 10:58 pm

   The math is correct, but unfortunately it is very limiting in the evolutionary context.

   My understanding tells me that perfection is only momentary…

   I think that the best bet would to have the lions know when they were eating too many lambs, or for the lambs know when they are over populated.

2. David Pearce Says:
   November 23rd, 2009 at 1:29 pm

   Reexpthetai, What do you think is the optimal level of suffering in Nature? Do we really want a living world where sentient beings are asphyxiated, disemboweled and eaten alive? Intuitively, a cruelty-free biosphere sounds like utopian dreaming - or least many hundreds or thousands of years away. But the exponential growth of computer power means the problem of non-human animal suffering is computationally tractable this century - whether or not you’re a hardcore Singularitarian.

3. reexpthetai Says:
   November 24th, 2009 at 10:50 pm

   David_Pearce,

   I think this is why we discuss the idea of sentience.

   If a Man-O’war was to sting you on the leg would you not avoid it?

   If you were hungry would you not have some milk from a cow, or an egg from a hen?

   I know the idea of not eating a living entity, or nothing from them, but I would starve, and so would you.

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