ComradeMan

100% d'accord!

hey good work in the Hypatia thread very interesting and nice to see an intelligent debate not turn into a shitfest

Hmm...you're right, though it's not an issue that is often addressed. When it comes to mammals, that's not likely to be a problem, considering kosher mammals are are herbivores, birds of prey and the like also aren't kosher...but I haven't known of birds which eat bugs being an issue, nor anything in the sea, despite the general rule that kosher animals don't eat meat, which would mean there's a general rule that kosher animals eat kosher. But I think that's just a coincidence, really; I've never known anybody to suggest that an animal would have to eat kosher food itself to be kosher. Though I have heard talk about pigs being explicitly mentioned because they don't discriminate in eating, which suggests there's something in it...but I think we can generally say that a fish eating a shrimp doesn't have effect on its status, no, inasmuch as it's not somehow 'tainted' for it. I don't know if there's a proper rule for this, but it seems to be how it is.

As far as I'm aware there's no issue here, assuming one guts the animal (or at least cleans out the digestional tract) beforehand. Perhaps there would be kashrut concerns if one were to actually eat the contents of an animal's stomach or intestines (I'm aware that desert tribes sometimes squeeze moisture out -f half digested stuff they find in their camel), but I really think that kashrut would be the least of your worries in this case

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lol Yes, very grim indeed. Specifically, variation, distribution and hypothesis testing... if that means anything to you.

It's a lot of statistics - t-scores, z-scores, probability, etc. How long has it been since you've done any of that?

It's not, but it's the only word that accurately describes how it makes me feel... I've never been a fan of math, no matter how simple.