alt Hacker NewsYour “what about plants” argument is such a worn-out trope that you must have seen it before and read a valid explanation of why it makes no sense.
Peter Singer has been writing on the topic for decades, including others. What-about-plants needs to fade away.
That's fair, but "what about animals" is to "we should not torture human brain organoids" as "what about plants" is to "we should not torture animals".