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oh yeah. just got through one of these. I am expected to obtain solid studies if i so much as go against the flow of popular opinions of which have had never had to be up against any scrutiny what so ever.
eg: vegans speaking on consciousness and how they believe it exists in the brain.
they speak about consiousness and it's location like it has all been proven. They provide no papers. no proof. just how they feel about consciousness when talking about it.
And there is none. any papers that that exist today are all based in theory around the existance of consciousness and ideas of what consciousness means. no hard facts.
but if you question a vegan on their feefees about consiousness they ask you for the science studies and facts and freely call you insane for daring to question them.
Apparently you're not supposed to consume anything with a brain that would support thought and a nervous system according to their ideas of consciousness. So it appears sea cucumbers, star fish and jelly fish are vegan food according to their beliefs of consciousness.
of course they loose their shit if you challenge it to any depth like this.
dont get me wrong: im all for the plant based diet as its better for the body and planet. i just think the reasonings around using the consiousness argument is very weak. if they can say consiousness exists with animals: i can say consiousness exists in plants too.
Hate to say it but you're doing the same thing OP is complaining about lol
Ehh not really. Them's just venting. Not hostile.
But it is true tho. There's hostile ppl here.