Alas7ymedia t1_iumz2eq wrote
Reply to comment by thegapbetweenus in [OC] There are more self-described vegans than vegetarians among US users of Twitter by jasonjonesresearch
You are assuming a linear behaviour for human decisions, but in the same way that a person would eat a cow but not a horse, some people draw the line at fish, others at eggs, and so on.
As a vegetarian myself, I have read that the economic, health and environmental benefits of not eating meat draw a curve with an optimal point right before becoming full vegetarian; going vegan can easily feel like going too far since the price of ingredients and carbon and water footprints start going up again when you start to diversify your diet to replace the things you liked before and that is before considering the social impact of not sharing other people's food.
thegapbetweenus t1_iunhvma wrote
>You are assuming a linear behaviour for human decisions
Not really, but I get your point. At the same time we both are assuming people are rational optimisers (my point is just a logical one). A popular believe in economics, but I would strongly argue against it.
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