I don’t think the OP is too far off, in that, e.g., capacity for pain and intelligence can both be caused by a common factor. So e.g., lobotomizing chickens (or breeding them to be essentially lobotomized from birth) would presumably reduce both intelligence and capacity to feel pain.
The OP did the right thing here by being confused/encountering an interesting idea, and presenting that idea in the forum for further consideration.
You are factually correct, but
I don’t think the OP is too far off, in that, e.g., capacity for pain and intelligence can both be caused by a common factor. So e.g., lobotomizing chickens (or breeding them to be essentially lobotomized from birth) would presumably reduce both intelligence and capacity to feel pain.
The OP did the right thing here by being confused/encountering an interesting idea, and presenting that idea in the forum for further consideration.
I agree. It seems unfair to me to say it’s ableist.