#UnpopularOpinions It is much more likely that your mental models of chickens can suffer, than that actual chickens are sentient.
I’m not saying it’s likely. I’m saying it’s more likely.
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to clarify for me: say if i were to slice a chickens leg off, you suspect it won’t feel pain?
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I think EY's view is that there is a thing that happens that is analogous to human pain, but there's no "it" there to feel the pain.
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It feels safer to err on the side of assuming more animals are conscious and can feel pain, than to assume that less can?
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Depends on cost/benefit ratio. For me for example, choosing beef over chicken (99% fewer animals killed/suffer per 100 grams) in many cases is a trivial cost, so I do it.
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what do you think is the most likely state of affairs for chickens' internal experiences then?
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The chicken runs on a complete architecture that's... somewhat... similar to mine, and displays behavior that in me indicates suffering.
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