[extropy-chat] From soy & lentils to Soylent specials

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This brings back memories from a year or so ago when people were laughing me
off the board for suggesting we should be growing meat in slabs instead of
farming it.

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> Now that scientists have methods to grow meat without growing a whole
> entity[*], re-opening meat eating to a number of vegetarians and
> vegans, is it only a matter of time before Ground Chuck is on the
> shelves next to Ground Jim?
>
> The same technologies used to grow cruelty-free slabs of tasty
> pre-bacon-fied goodness can be used to grow Leg of Lucy or Jeffy
> Flakes. Since no human is harmed, it shouldn't be illegal -- although
> that doesn't mean it won't be. The yuck factor will likely remain
> strong when it comes to Buffalo Bill Wings, and one can readily
> imagine plenty of objections from the human dignity crowd.
>
> I pass the buck to you, freethinking boundary-breakers. How long, if
> ever, until Mel's Diner has $9.99 Soylent specials? And would you be
> bold enough to take a taste, or is it just too gross? If it is, while
> non-human meat isn't, what are your thoughts on why?
>
> At risk of sounding creepy, I'll be the first to admit that I'd try
> it. Heck, I'd even try some meat grown from my own cell samples;
> non-damaging self-cannibalism, now *that* is sounding surreal, perhaps
> more appropriate to a David Lunch film. Er, Lynch.
>
> [*] When meat is not murder:
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,5261870-103531,00.html
>
> -- 
> Jeff Medina
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