Since this article is getting a quite negative reaction, I want to register that I agree that insect suffering is (if it exists) horrendous and a crucial consideration which would change a lot of priorization, and it seems plausible to me that insects mattering is indeed the case.
About the Black Soldier fly 1.3% figure: I think it’d be better to have a probability distribution over the quality of a typical second of a Black Soldier Fly’s life. (But the Rethink Priorities welfare range investigation is still really cool and I like it).
Since this article is getting a quite negative reaction, I want to register that I agree that insect suffering is (if it exists) horrendous and a crucial consideration which would change a lot of priorization, and it seems plausible to me that insects mattering is indeed the case.
About the Black Soldier fly 1.3% figure: I think it’d be better to have a probability distribution over the quality of a typical second of a Black Soldier Fly’s life. (But the Rethink Priorities welfare range investigation is still really cool and I like it).