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briandmyers  ·  3552 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Just who will be we, in 2493?

    Are chimpanzees and dolphins so intelligent that they shouldn't be experimented upon?

Most would say yes. When I read this, I think, "Probably best not to examine too deeply the intelligence of pigs".





OftenBen  ·  3551 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Eventually we'll breed something like a slig and there won't be a concern about the intelligence of pork.

briandmyers  ·  3551 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'd have guessed that link would have led to one of these (I know them from OddWorld but didn't realise they were in the 'Dune' world) :

OftenBen  ·  3551 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah the one I'm referring to is more like an amorphous, mobile pork-producing plant.