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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted, clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
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We don't know enough about consciousness to know how it works in ourselves; for all we know, plants are conscious too just using different anatomy and mechanisms.
Well no, we might not know how consciousness works exactly, but it's pretty safe to say that it has something to do with brains. And given that we can say that animals, especially the ones we tend to eat, most certainly are conscious, or more importantly, capable of suffering, it certainly is a reasonable approach to eat plant based instead of animal based, if you want to reduce the suffering you cause.
I’m willing to accept that there might be an experience of being a tree. My food choices aim at the lowest levels of potential consciousness. I am certain that a cow is a conscious being.