EA Eugene social discussion mixer: which animals feel pain?
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This week, we'll discuss the topic, which animals feel pain?
Rethink Priorities have produced a set of discussions around this, called "Moral Weight Project", available at https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/s/y5n47MfgrKvTLE3pw . If you can check out one or more posts and come along to discuss.
Some good choices:
- Comparison of Capacity for Welfare and Moral Status Across Species
- Why Neuron Counts shouldn't be used as proxies for Moral Weight
- Can insects feel pain? A review of the neural and behavioural evidence by Gibbons et al. 2022
We meet every two weeks to discuss topics related to the Effective Altruism movement. Sometimes topics are not posted until fairly late but we do hold the event every couple of weeks.
We meet at Beergarden.
We are loosely aligned to the global EA movement. You can read more about the global movement here https://www.effectivealtruism.org/ or read third party summary here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effective_altruism
We strive to ensure a diverse set of voices are heard. We want to emphasize that women and non-binary people, people of color, and people of all ages, religions, belief systems, and political perspectives are welcome at our meetings to share in our common interest in effective altruism.