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Vol.61 Human Lives
May 12,2021
 A judge once said in a verdict, "The life of a single person outweighs the earth." I remember that it made a strong impression on me, who was then a college student. Even in today, most of the supporters of abolishing the death penalty often quote it as a golden rule.

 However, this phrase sounds exaggerated to me. Human beings are only one of many living things on earth and kill other species for food. As a result of human society damaging the natural environment, many species on earth have become extinct or endangered.

 Some people say that eating cows, pigs, and chickens are ethical while eating dogs and monkeys are barbaric, but on what grounds?

 With higher intelligence, humans have evolved in the fields of science, chemistry, and art, but animals such as cows and pigs are biologically no different from humans, which evolved from apes. What would happen now if pigs had evolved instead of apes and taken control over apes as food?

 I often say, "Humans are not very smart." This contains a wish, from a biological point of view, that they should be humbler. 
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Masaru Sugaya

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