#390 – Yuval Noah Harari: Human Nature, Intelligence, Power, and Conspiracies

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It also applies to animals. Most people who have pets are firmly believe that their pets are conscious, but a lot of people still refuse to acknowledge that about cows or pigs. Now, pigs are far more intelligent than dogs and cats, according to many measures. Yet when you go to the supermarket and buy a piece of frozen pig meat, you don't think about it as a conscious entity.