if we reduce the meat/dairy industries to such a small scale that truly humane farming is possible, then they will become expensive delicacies and people will eat mostly vegan diets anyway
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just look at this way: there is overwhelming evidence to believe humans and animals are sentient, where plants *might* be sentient but we have no mechanism to describe and therefore it seems less likely at this point
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there's no actual evidence that any other human is a subject of experience. most of you claim you are, but that's just what a p-zombie would say, isn't it? animals don't even make the claim
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if you invoke the problem of other minds and have no answer for it, then sure, but that's just as relevant as invoking the problem of other minds to defend an industry that tortures human-beings
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which is to say, it isn't relevant. putting aside the problem of other minds, we have every reason to believe animals are sentient just like us, but no reason to believe that plants are
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okay
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