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People believe eating meat kills animals,
but eating plants doesn't.

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Let's look deeper.

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Farms use pesticides on crops that kill vast
numbers of insects and get into the ground

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water.

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Fields have mammals in them, like field mice.

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Farmers have cats protect their crops by killing
mice.

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Farmers poison the mice.

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Tilling and harvesting fields kills mice.

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Researchers concluded 40 mice are killed per
acre of wheat.

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That acre has 6 million calories, compared
to 1 million in a cow.

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So eating 1 cow saves around 6 mice.

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Don't judge by size.

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Mice solve mazes and seem about as smart or
capable of suffering as cows.

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Dogs are smaller than cows, but they're smarter
and we treat them better.

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So, by ethical vegan logic, eating hamburger
patties seems better than eating buns.

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Carnivores may be more ethical than vegetarians.

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The truth isn't obvious.

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Don't conclude now that eating beef is good.

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Deeper analysis is needed to reach a confident
conclusion.

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My point is everyone should think more and
question more assumptions.