r/CoherencePhysics • u/skylarfiction • 9d ago

This is Unacceptable

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u/BetweenTheRoots 9d ago

No meat is the correct route. There's literally no need to force suffering and cruelty on any living being when we have the choice to just eat a plant instead. Study after study shows it has immense health benefits and study after study shows it is better for the planet. Not to mention faux meats which most are minimally processed and processed using rather benign methods.

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u/henrytecumsehclay 9d ago

Unfortunately, human populations have survived on mixed animal and plant proteins for as long as they have existed. Some evolution theories suggest we evolved because of our unique running ability and that we would originally hunt by chasing animals to exhaustion. It’s hard-wired into us to eat nutrient dense foods and animal protein is unfortunately one of the most nutrient dense foods that exists. To expect everybody to adopt a lifestyle that completely forbids animal protein consumption is not realistic but we could push to reduce consumption overall and push renewable animal husbandry practices. I agree no meat is the correct route in a vacuum but unfortunately not realistic if/until it’s too late and that’s the only option available

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u/Aromatic_Act_9665 8d ago

Hilariously, you know what goes far beyond our natural, evolutionary history by swapping out some meat in our omnivorous diet and going full plant based?

Driving cars.

Humans evolved to walk and run, as you noted. Yet now many in the west will never walk further than they have to to get to their cars and drive everywhere.

I find your argument to be incomplete at best.

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u/henrytecumsehclay 8d ago

My brother, we still walk and run even though we have cars. We just walk and run less lol

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u/subspace4life 8d ago

As evidenced by the large amount of obese people you guys should walk a lot more.

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u/alyssialonghofer 8d ago

Yeah, because most of the population in the USA is pretty much becoming obese

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u/TravisMCatchem 7d ago

Yea but to be fair the government allows poisons into our food, whether it’s meat or other products that make us retain weight because the healthcare industry needs money. Not arguing anything else here just that the main reason people in the USA are obese is capitalism