A Vegan Skeptic in the Anthropocene

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We Godless

Animals

Is it possible to imagine anything so ridiculous as that this miserable and puny creature, who is not even master of himself, exposed to the attacks of all things, should call himself master and emperor of the universe, the least part of which it is not in his power to know much less to command? ... Presumption is our natural and original malady. The most vulnerable and frail of all creatures is man, and at the same time the most arrogant... It is by the vanity of ... imagination that he equals himself to God, attributes to himself divine characteristics, picks himself out and separates himself from the horde of other creatures, carves out their share to his fellows and companions the animals, and distributes among them such portions of faculties as he sees fit.
--- Michel Montaigne

Anthropocentric and Magic Thinking

Raising one's consciousness about the reality we live in requires breaking away from the fallacies of egocentric and magical thinking and rejecting antiquated and backward cultural traditions and indoctrinations.

Inconsistent Skeptics and Flexitarianism

Skeptics often fail to live up to their title by perpetuating ancient prejudices and refusing to acknowledge their clearly identified inconsistencies and hypocrisies. It's time they walked the talk.

Vegan Skeptics and the Moral Baseline

One action anyone can take towards health, ethical eating, and environmental care is to go vegan. With global warming and the 6th great extinction in progress - both caused by humans - action is the antidote for despair.