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Godspeed to the marketing team that has to go to market with "modified e-coli".
by creaghpatr 6y ago
Godspeed to the marketing team that has to go to market with "modified e-coli".
- BitwiseFool 6y agoThe E in E Coli stands for "Escherichia". Which sounds like a kind of Queso. Maybe they can make it work.
- dmurray 6y agoNot after M.C.Escher, sadly.
- dstick 6y agoE Coli Flower You’re welcome!
- elihu 6y agoIf they can use a similar trick to make wheat gluten, then you'd have E Coli Flour.
- vram22 6y agoHa ha, yes, wonder how many people know Escherichia coli is a bacterium found in feces. Often quoted in the context of polluted / unhygienic water sources. Source: a relative, who was a biologist / chemist dealing with public water supplies.
- throwaway3699 6y agoI think most people know this.
- obmelvin 6y agoI think you would be surprised. I've come to realize there are very few things I would truly be on most people knowing.
- BalinKing 6y agoAt least, I’d wager most people know that E. Coli is dangerous[0], which has about the same effect. 0: ignoring the subtleties of gut bacterial ecosystems
- vram22 6y agoWhat obmelvin said in this subthread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25042243 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25042243
- opportune 6y agoE. Coli is found everywhere
- SenHeng 6y agoE.Co cheese!
- dzhiurgis 6y agoOi but is eating bacteria and yeast - a living organism - vegan?
- wraptile 6y agoWell your mouth, gut is full of living organism and well, you inhale, consume living organisms all the time just by existing so I wonder how far this argument can go. As far as veganism goes I think bacteria is where they draw the line right?
- supuun 6y agoidk bacteria aren't considered animals right? Also they don't have a nervous system, which a lot of vegans take into account. And also it's about minimizing harm rather than fully eliminating it.
- cies 6y agoPlants live, fungi live, bacteria live, and animals live. The differentiator is the ability to feel pain. Some small bugs (animals) already show no pain response, but most animals do. It is said plant feel pain, but that's a different kind of pain than pain in animals. Vegans try --when possible-- not to cause pain on others, or reduce it as much as possible. We're against the commodification of animal lives. We (vegans) know that driving a car kills some bugs, and pests are being exterminated in the process of crop production: yet for most of us this is "not possible" to get around, for now. But for most of us it is possible not to consume animal products, wool, silk, go to zoos or buy pet form breeders.
- Mediterraneo10 6y ago> Vegans try --when possible-- not to cause pain on others, or reduce it as much as possible. It is worth making clear, however, that not all vegans share these ethical concerns. Other vegans may have adopted the diet for health reasons (China Study or similar) and do not believe that livestock raising and slaughter is unethical.