Originally shared by Corina Marinescu The theory of multiple intelligences is a theory of intelligence that differentiates it into specific (primarily sensory) 'modalities', rather than seeing intelligence as dominated by a single general ability. This model was proposed by Howard Gardner in his 1983 book Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences. In the heyday of the psychometric and behaviorist eras, it was generally believed that intelligence was a single entity that was inherited; and that human beings – initially a blank slate – could be trained to learn anything, provided that it was presented in an appropriate way. Nowadays an increasing number of researchers believe precisely the opposite; that there exists a multitude of intelligences, quite independent of each other; that each intelligence has its own strengths and constraints; that the mind is far from unencumbered at birth; and that it is unexpectedly difficult to teach things that go against early ‘naiv...
Amazing. Surely this could be a hugely useful food source in hunger striken parts of the world?
ReplyDeleteLove this invention.
ReplyDeleteNot sure how this would go with vegans..
ReplyDeleteSean P. O. MacCath-Moran any thoughts?
Well... This idea is failing to solve a problem we don't have -- a problem that we're not having anywhere in the world.
ReplyDeleteWhat I mean by this is that these insects create protein the same way that humans, cows, cats, bees, and all other animals do; i.e. they ingest plant proteins (even if secondarily) and convert that in to their body proteins, doing so so at a net-loss of total protein. So eating bugs means one is filtering plant-protein through the bodies of sentient beings -- just like when eating cows, dogs, pigs, dolphins, etc.
You will note that this article (and livinfarms.com website it refers to) very carefully avoids discussions of the inputs to the system. There's a reason for this: once you do the math, it doesn't add up.
Given all that, and given that there's no ethically or logically consistent justification for ending the lives of sentient individuals for the sake of one's personal pleasure (e.g. to eat his or her body), I have a lot of trouble grokking what there is to talk about with this "growing bugs at home" idea -- other than that it's wrong-headed and nonsensical.
Fair enough?