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No, you misidentify me; I'm not one of those anti-human "the world is overpopulated!! Degrowth!!" People. Better food is good; I just assume someone will fu
by inkblotuniverse 4y ago
No, you misidentify me; I'm not one of those anti-human "the world is overpopulated!! Degrowth!!" People. Better food is good; I just assume someone will fuck up at some point while we're figuring out nutrition and genetic engineering.
Let the hundreds of millions eat what they will; any problems or mistakes with gene-edits that lead to poisoning, carcinogens or insidious malnutrition will be sorted out after a few decades, I'm sure. I just don't want to be the guinea pig, if I can let a hundred million other people do so instead!
Those hordes of hungry mouths are a great laboratory: diverse, far enough away and poor enough they can't take revenge on you if you accidentally poison them, etc.
- haswell 4y agoThis is an extremely privileged position to hold. Faced with starvation, I suspect you would feel less like a guinea pig. > Those hordes of hungry mouths are a great laboratory Is this sarcasm/satire?
- RosanaAnaDana 4y agoJust ignorance and the privilege to maintain it.
- inkblotuniverse 4y agoI'd feel like a hungry guinea pig! I'm very glad to have the privilege of avoiding novel foods. Is it not true? I suppose not; they are a laboratory, but not a very good one.