Oddbean new post about login | logout Correct. The plant doesn’t want you to eat it’s roots, stems, leaves, and seeds. It needs those to survive and reproduce. Since they can’t move away from threats, like animals can, they produce toxins as defense. Vegetables are poisonous. Eat beef. Return to ancestral harmony.
It wants us to eat the seeds. Helps spread them around.
From fruit, sure. Otherwise, it doesn’t want you to crush up the seeds to consume them or squeeze them to extract fat. Seeds, nuts, and legumes are all the same poison as far as I’m concerned. It’s also irrational for an early human to harvest them, terrible ROI. Meat is always superior.