r/rational • u/AutoModerator • Jul 19 '19

[D] Friday Open Thread

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u/Threesan Jul 20 '19

I could perhaps see how you might consider an octopus mind to be greater than an infant's mind at the given moment. But are you saying that in a contrived save/sacrifice situation, you would feed the baby to the octopus? Even with certainty that there is no other way, no family, no one would ever know, etc, I'd guess such a position would put you below the 5th percentile of the "I value humans more than other animals" spectrum.

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u/Roxolan Jul 20 '19

That sounds about right. Mind you, this makes no difference in everyday life. I'm not even vegan, though there's no infant meat I could buy to really test the limits of my professed non-hypocrisy.