I think you write with too much certainty. You lean heavily on Rethink Prioritiesâ estimates. Sure theyâve put more effort into estimating bee or shrimp suffering than anyone else has ever bothered to but they are towers of questionable assumptions* that shouldnât give you the confidence to make statements like âIf you⌠restrict your animal-product consumption to large animals, you can easily eliminate 90% or more of the suffering you causedâ
Be uncertain. I think if youâre honest about the error bars on these analyses, it becomes obvious why people like me bristle at the idea of bulldozing a Chestertonâs fence like âfactory farming of cows is more important than honey/âshrimpâ
*e.g. âbeesâ behaviour tells us something about their capacity for sufferingâ, âdeath by stinger is painfulâ, âpremature bee death means more sufferingâ, âhealth of bees is a proxy for sufferingâ⌠it goes on (a lot)
I think you write with too much certainty. You lean heavily on Rethink Prioritiesâ estimates. Sure theyâve put more effort into estimating bee or shrimp suffering than anyone else has ever bothered to but they are towers of questionable assumptions* that shouldnât give you the confidence to make statements like âIf you⌠restrict your animal-product consumption to large animals, you can easily eliminate 90% or more of the suffering you causedâ
Be uncertain. I think if youâre honest about the error bars on these analyses, it becomes obvious why people like me bristle at the idea of bulldozing a Chestertonâs fence like âfactory farming of cows is more important than honey/âshrimpâ
*e.g. âbeesâ behaviour tells us something about their capacity for sufferingâ, âdeath by stinger is painfulâ, âpremature bee death means more sufferingâ, âhealth of bees is a proxy for sufferingâ⌠it goes on (a lot)