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What I'm looking forward to is lab-grown meat that improves upon nature. Imagine pigs didn't exist but someone figured out how to make bacon in the lab. What do

by raldi 6y ago

What I'm looking forward to is lab-grown meat that improves upon nature. Imagine pigs didn't exist but someone figured out how to make bacon in the lab. What do we not have on this Earth that makes bacon seem like chicken breast? What might we invent that's three levels past otoro?

Daishiman 6y ago
Give it a decade and we'll be taking this to a level of customization where we'll be able to select our own level of marbling, connective tissue and water content.
LatteLazy 6y ago
Be careful what you wish for: people are programmed to like a fat and salt. Fatter salter meats probably aren't as good for you as nice lean salmon... That's without the industrial side of this: meats with built in preservatives and colouring that are actually no good for you but look good and supermarkets will prioritise. I think both GM and lab grown meat suffer from this issue: smart doesn't mean good for you, it means good for the sales person sadly.
- Symmetry 6y ago
  If the increased tastiness means we eat more of it then it'll be good that the meat is fattier. In terms of macronutrients your body needs a certain amount of fat and a certain amount of protein but not necessarily any carbohydrates. But too much protein can lead to medical problems like gout so ancient hunters who lived off large animal kills tended to prefer the fattier cuts of their kills which were both tastier to them but also healthier given the rest of their diet. As to salt you do have a point.
  - astrange 6y ago
    The evidence that salt is bad for you is actually quite weak and many people probably don't get enough. What is lean about salmon though…? If it was lean it would taste like tilapia.
Tade0 6y ago
Personally I'm more interested in meat from species which don't reproduce in captivity, like some (all?) octopuses.
- astrange 6y ago
  The problem with eating octopuses is they're smart enough to get revenge. As soon as they figure out how to not die of old age in a year, anyway.
oh_sigh 6y ago
I agree in looking forward to it, but it is also possible that human taste and desire has evolved in conjunction with what food sources are available(either genetically or socially), so it really might be that bacon(or whatever) is actually the most delicious thing in the universe for humans.
dehrmann 6y ago
I hope there's some novel, amazing-tasting compound we haven't discovered, but I'm halfway doubtful because of tastes that show up in multiple things. How many things taste like anise? Why does fenugreek smell disturbingly like maple syrup? Ever had a durian?

by raldi 6y ago

Daishiman 6y ago

Give it a decade and we'll be taking this to a level of customization where we'll be able to select our own level of marbling, connective tissue and water content.

LatteLazy 6y ago

Be careful what you wish for: people are programmed to like a fat and salt. Fatter salter meats probably aren't as good for you as nice lean salmon... That's without the industrial side of this: meats with built in preservatives and colouring that are actually no good for you but look good and supermarkets will prioritise. I think both GM and lab grown meat suffer from this issue: smart doesn't mean good for you, it means good for the sales person sadly.

Symmetry 6y ago
If the increased tastiness means we eat more of it then it'll be good that the meat is fattier. In terms of macronutrients your body needs a certain amount of fat and a certain amount of protein but not necessarily any carbohydrates. But too much protein can lead to medical problems like gout so ancient hunters who lived off large animal kills tended to prefer the fattier cuts of their kills which were both tastier to them but also healthier given the rest of their diet. As to salt you do have a point.
- astrange 6y ago
  The evidence that salt is bad for you is actually quite weak and many people probably don't get enough. What is lean about salmon though…? If it was lean it would taste like tilapia.

Tade0 6y ago

Personally I'm more interested in meat from species which don't reproduce in captivity, like some (all?) octopuses.

astrange 6y ago
The problem with eating octopuses is they're smart enough to get revenge. As soon as they figure out how to not die of old age in a year, anyway.

oh_sigh 6y ago

I agree in looking forward to it, but it is also possible that human taste and desire has evolved in conjunction with what food sources are available(either genetically or socially), so it really might be that bacon(or whatever) is actually the most delicious thing in the universe for humans.

dehrmann 6y ago

I hope there's some novel, amazing-tasting compound we haven't discovered, but I'm halfway doubtful because of tastes that show up in multiple things. How many things taste like anise? Why does fenugreek smell disturbingly like maple syrup? Ever had a durian?