Interesting that so many pro-vegan arguments (eg in https://www.reddit.com/r/slatestarcodex/comments/9gb7tt/extrapolating_the_eat_beef_not_chicken_argument/e63flw0/ …) are intrinsically irrationalist, particularly juxtaposed against the usual rationalism.
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this echoes the fact that many people lie at the intersection of "I'd never kill a chicken, it's a living thing" and "a 6 month fetus is some cells" (yes, there are nuanced takes where a chicken is tasty for 15 minutes but an abortion can spare someone decades of obligation)
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Well, the actual rationalists in there are doing Fermi estimation with intelligence-to-mass ratios. Just interesting to have the one vegan going 'but it's DISGUSTING don't you just want to PUKE here have some negatively-valenced ideation'
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yep there are real Catholics, real Rationalists, real ...
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Because of our shared tribal identity, i think you are correct.
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