Why does it having a productivity problem mean it doesn’t have a housing problem? Seems like you want to say housing will not fix its productivity problem? (And that is a bigger problem, thus housing is not the biggest?)
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Mid-conditional love
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Fair! I interpret them as probably happy free-range sheep being raised for wool, an existence I’m happy about and in particular prefer to vegetablehood, but a) that seems uncertain, and b) ymmv regarding the value of unfree sheep lives being used as a means to an end etc.
The seals share the reference class “seals” but are different, notably one is way bigger than the others. So if you wanted to predict something about the big seal, there is a discussion to be had about what to make of the seal reference class, or other possible reference classes e.g. “things that weigh half a ton”
I’d say my identity is another condition that separates me from the worms, but you are right it is a special one, and perhaps ‘unconditionally’ means ‘only on condition of your identity’.