Jiro comments on The Lies of Big Bug

[Jiro]

And all this comes at a time when more and more research is confirming that black soldier flies feel pain just like larger and more charismatic animals.

I thought a couple of posts ago you were arguing that even with a small chance that insects are sentient we have to save them. Now suddenly your small chance has grown to 100%?

[Bentham's Bulldog]

I think the evidence favors the conclusion that insects feel pain but doesn’t make it certain. Maybe ²⁄₃ odds! However, even if the odds are, say, 1%, they matter a lot.