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by cabbageicefruit 654 days ago
> However very few individuals are more important than thousands of octopuses

What do you mean by this? Are you stating this as an opinion? Or something people generally agree upon? Or something else?

I think most people, if forced to choose, would save 1 human at the expense of thousands of octopuses. Not saying this is right or wrong. Just wondering what metric you’re using to gauge importance.

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I think he's actually saying that humans will value a couple of humans more than thousands of octopuses, just phrased oddly.