This stood out to me as strange. Are you referring to this comment?
No, I was referring to this one, and the ones in that thread, all part of an exchange in which Elizabeth reached out to me for clarification.
In the one you quoted I was still not entering that much detail.
I’ll answer your comment nonetheless.
It sounds like you’re saying that the nutritional requirements of veganism are so complex that they require individualized professional assistance, that there is no one-page “do this and you will get all the nutrients you need” document that will work for a the vast majority of vegans.
No, what I was saying wasn’t as extreme. I was just saying that it’s good general practice to visit a nutritionist at least once, learn some of the nutritional basics and perform blood tests periodically (each 1 or 2 years). That’s not contradictory with the fact that most vegans won’t need to pour a noticeable amount of hours into all this (or better said, they will have to do that the first 1-2 months, but mostly not afterwards). Also, there is no one-page be-all end-all for any kind of nutrition, not only veganism. But there certainly exist a lot of fast and easy basic resources.
After reading your post, I feel like you are making a distinction without a difference here. You mention community dynamics, but they are all community dynamics about the ethical implications of veganism in the community, not the epistemic implications. It seems perfectly fair for Elizabeth to summarize your position the way she does.
Yes, of course, we were talking about veganism. But in the actual comment I was referring to, I did talk about epistemic implications, not only implications for animal ethics (as big as they already are). What I meant is “if there is something that worries me even more than the animal ethics consequences of this (which are big), it is breeding a community that shies away from basic ethical responsibility at the earliest possibility and rationalizes the choice (because of the consequences this can have for navigating the precipice)”.
No, I was referring to this one, and the ones in that thread, all part of an exchange in which Elizabeth reached out to me for clarification.
In the one you quoted I was still not entering that much detail.
I’ll answer your comment nonetheless.
No, what I was saying wasn’t as extreme. I was just saying that it’s good general practice to visit a nutritionist at least once, learn some of the nutritional basics and perform blood tests periodically (each 1 or 2 years). That’s not contradictory with the fact that most vegans won’t need to pour a noticeable amount of hours into all this (or better said, they will have to do that the first 1-2 months, but mostly not afterwards). Also, there is no one-page be-all end-all for any kind of nutrition, not only veganism. But there certainly exist a lot of fast and easy basic resources.
Yes, of course, we were talking about veganism. But in the actual comment I was referring to, I did talk about epistemic implications, not only implications for animal ethics (as big as they already are). What I meant is “if there is something that worries me even more than the animal ethics consequences of this (which are big), it is breeding a community that shies away from basic ethical responsibility at the earliest possibility and rationalizes the choice (because of the consequences this can have for navigating the precipice)”.