71. Why Is Pig Milk the One Milk We Don’t Drink?

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  I didn't know my true self until this very conversation.

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  I'm Angela Duckworth.

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  I'm Stephen Dubner.

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  And you're listening to No Stupid Questions.

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  Today on the show, we have cow milk and goat milk.

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  Why not pig milk?

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  They're smart, skittish, suspicious, and paranoid.

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  That sounds like a good description of a University of Chicago economist.

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  Also, what's a food that seems gross to most people, but you find delicious?

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  I think a lot of the foods that I like are disgusting to many people.

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  Stephen, we have an email that is about a really interesting question.

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  I'm going to read it to you.

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  Please.

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  Hi, guys.

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  This might imperil your no stupid questions theory, but why don't humans drink pig milk or consume pig milk products?

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  Is that too stupid a question?

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  The email goes on.

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  Camels, cows, goats, yak, moose, sheep, buffalo, reindeer, wherever a sizable mammal has been domesticated for food,

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  it seems that some group of humans has incorporated its dairy into their diet.

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  Why not pigs?

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