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Cow's milk is designed to get a calf to full size in a year. Its composition is very different from human milk, is loaded with bovine growth hormones, and there

Cow's milk is designed to get a calf to full size in a year. Its composition is very different from human milk, is loaded with bovine growth hormones, and there's a lot of evidence it's not very well suited for us. Rat milk is closer to human milk and would actually be a much better substitute. Maybe we should set up big rat dairies?

dragonwriter 7y ago
> Cow's milk is designed No, it's not. > Rat milk is closer to human milk and would actually be a much better substitute. Maybe we should set up big rat dairies? Sure, when the automation has reached the point that number of animals you need to deal with per unit of milk production isn't a significant factor in the cost, that’ll probably be a perfectly reasonable thing to do.