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I Will Not Eat The Bugs

Published: June 10, 2021, 1:16 a.m.

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https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/i-will-not-eat-the-bugs

From\\xa0the comments on Moral Costs Of Chicken Vs. Beef:

As far as moral concern goes, I think it\'s right to act your rational conviction, but I can\'t honestly surmount my own doubt that it makes sense to care about animal well-being...if I really am to say that chickens have moral worth, I don\'t see any easy spot to get off that train between chickens and insects.

Don\'t worry, you\'re not getting off the train. The train has already left the station and gotten halfway to Vladivostok.

Last month the EU food safety regulator\\xa0officially approved\\xa0mealworms as safe for human consumption, sparking a bunch of articles on how bugs are the food of the future (see eg\\xa0The Guardian:\\xa0If We Want To Save The Planet, The Future Of Food Is Insects). And although it\\u2019s not a massive groundswell of outrage or anything, it\\u2019s also sparked a little bit of concern from\\xa0animal welfare\\xa0advocates.

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