Rational diet: Eating insects?
post by RaelwayScot · 2016-03-03T19:20:27.767Z · LW · GW · Legacy · 2 commentsGiven that dairy and meat are so environmentally harmful, perhaps insects are a viable alternative. There are several projects in this regard, for example LIVIN Farms Hive. Does anyone have experiences with this? What are your thoughts? Eating insects will surely come that the expense of some idiosyncrasy credits but it may be rational to do.
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comment by turchin · 2016-03-03T21:01:09.266Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
While it may be rational to eat insects, it may be bad signaling to say publicly that rationality is about eating insects.
Large scale insect farming may have some unpredictable consequence both from environment and from human health.
We also can't discount human feeling of taste and tradition as unimportant.
comment by [deleted] · 2016-03-03T21:02:01.222Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
Seems like a bad meme to spread for precautionary reasons.
http://reducing-suffering.org/the-importance-of-insect-suffering/
http://reducing-suffering.org/why-i-dont-support-eating-insects/
Warning: Bringing this argument at a dinner party with trendsetting, ecologically conscious consumers might cost you major idiosyncrasy credits.