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 I'd say the idea that humans are naturally carnivores is debatable, to put it mildly. Like our close relatives the chimps, our bodies evolved for hundreds of millions of years without eating meat, and perhaps for a few millions after our big brains figured out we could indeed eat other animals -- something that the 90+%-vegetarian chimps have now also figured out. Aren't carnivores naturally and almost irresistibly attracted to eating rotting corpses? That doesn't seem to apply to most humans.

But, regardless of our dietary differences, I find your writing and ideas interesting and have followed you.