KalahariLog

As a Dilbert fan, I've been reading the dilbertblog regularly. There have been many brilliant posts and some very interesting stories there, but it is mostly the incredible sense of humor that brings me back. Every time a non-vegetarian tries to convince me that eating meat is "normal" or that people "are designed to eat meat" I want to point them to this (full post here):

"A reader e-mailed me to point out that we humans have eyes in the front of our heads, as opposed to the sides, so our design is more like hunters than prey. Hunters need good front-vision eyes that help them focus on the prey. Prey need good side-view vision so nothing can sneak up on them.

So we’re designed as hunters. Unfortunately, we are very, very slow hunters.

Have you tried to outrun an animal lately? Those fuckers are fast. And I’m not talking about cheetahs and rabbits. I couldn’t catch a motivated woodchuck. I suppose I could catch a panda. But I’d have to run to China to do it. And I could probably catch a turtle, although it wouldn’t help much unless I brought my turtle opener.

For all other animal – the speedy ones – I would need some sort of weapon. Luckily we humans as designed to use tools.

But wait...

If it’s okay to include intelligence and the use of tools in the discussion of what we’re “designed” to eat, then I say we’re designed to be soy-loving vegetarians who take B12 and Omega-3 supplements. Our big brains figured out that we need that stuff and our tools provided them.

A number of Dilbert Blog readers proudly pointed out the obvious, that we’re omnivores capable of eating both meat and plants. Well, some cultures eat dirt too. As long as it’s in moderation, we can eat a lot of things. In fact, the perfect protein for humans to eat is other humans. So arguably we are best designed to be cannibals, as long as we only eat people who were going to die soon anyway."