food

On the ethics of eating.

It took violence and oppression to create our world … which we can recognize without perpetuating.

October 18, 2019

Frank Brown Cloud

All posts, Ecology, Evolutionary biology

autotroph, carbon cycle, carbon uptake, chaos machines, diet, energy, ethics, ethics of eating, ethics of veganism, evolution, evolution of intelligence, evolution of life, evolution of neurons, food, food web, gene duplication, gratitude, heterotroph, human diet, legacy of oppression, legacy of violence, life, moral philosophy, oppression, origin of intelligence, origin of neurons, philosophy, plant competition, plants, prehistory of intelligence, prehistory of violence, the cost for us to be here, thermodynamics of life, trees, utilitarian, utilitarianism, vegan, veganism, vegetarian, why we can think
On food and willing sacrifice.

Perhaps nothing really wants to be eaten, but in our world, nothing can survive without sacrifice from its parts.

April 6, 2018

Frank Brown Cloud

All posts, Evolutionary biology, Mythology, Ramayana

Agni, apoptosis, autotrophs, cancer, consumption, David Shulman, ejaculate, ejaculation, Fire, food, fruit, Ganges, Genesis, gestation, gift, gift economics, God, heterotrophs, Hindu mythology, Hinduism, immolation, King James, libertarian, libertarianism, masturbation, mythology, Onan, Onanism, paterogenesis, reproduction, Robert Goldman, sacrifice, Sally Sutherland Goldman, Sati, semen, sexuality, Shiva, Sita, suicide, tragedy of the commons, unilateral reproduction, Valmiki, Vedic mythology
On hunting.

I saw many posts on the internet from people upset about hunting, specifically hunting lions. And eventually I watched the Jimmy Kimmel spot where he repeatedly maligns the Minnesota hunter for shooting that lion, and even appears to choke up near the end while plugging a wildlife research fund that you could donate money to. And,…

August 6, 2015

Frank Brown Cloud

All posts

aid to developing nations, an open invitation to stop by for dinner, animal cognition, animal intelligence, animal welfare, antibiotic resistance, antibiotics, Barbara Ehrenreich, barbecue, Blood Rites, Bloomingveg, CAFOs, captive-animal hunting, Cecil, Cecil the lion, cognitive dissonance, concentrated animal feeding operation, conservation, directed evolution of virulent bacteria, distribution of wealth, do humans need to eat meat, dosing farm animals with subtherapuetic levels of antibiotics is evil, Ducks Unlimited, eat your ethics, Ecology, environment, environmentalism, ethical exemptions, ethics, ethics for sale, factory farming, food, foolhardy farming practices, Goodwell Nzou, guns, habitat loss, habitat maintenance, hunting, hunting in state parks, hunting license, hypocracy, intensive animal farming, Jimmy Kimmel, local food movement, meat, medical discoveries, monetary aid, money, nature, Origins and History of the Passions of War, overpopulation, people are more important than lions, philosophical consequences of being born a heterotroph, pigs, pigs are smarter than lions, poaching, poverty, reparations, running terrified during deer season, subtherapuetic levels of antibiotics, terror, the coming health crisis, trophy hunting, vegan, vegetables, vegetarian, wasting food, wetland preservation, zoo abuses
On fire myths and the origin of knowledge

EDIT 5/4/2018: a finished essay based on this research was published here. If you’re writing about conflicts between religious and scientific worldviews, there is absolutely no reason why you’d be forced to write about fire. But, c’mon… fire is cool. Eventually you probably would. While researching myths about the origin of fire, I realized that…

June 15, 2015

Frank Brown Cloud

All posts, Economics, Evolutionary biology, Psychology, The writing process

celery, cooked, evolution, Fire, fire myths, food, knowledge, myths, raw, religion

food

On the ethics of eating.

On food and willing sacrifice.

On hunting.

On fire myths and the origin of knowledge