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This ignores the reality that many people are attached to eating meat and all of the familiar things that come along with it. For many, the realistic simulation
by fasterik 3y ago
This ignores the reality that many people are attached to eating meat and all of the familiar things that come along with it. For many, the realistic simulations of meat are the first step toward adopting plant-based alternatives. It's also likely that cultivated ("lab-grown") meat is going to be more popular than plant-based when it reaches a similar price point to conventionally grown meat.
I would say that the primary goal is to reduce the animal suffering and environmental damages caused by animal agriculture. Healthier varieties of plant-based products are a good thing too, but it's less important which products people are switching to, as long as they're switching away from factory farming.
- JodieBenitez 3y ago> the realistic simulations of meat There is no such thing.
- fasterik 3y agoSome of them are getting pretty close, to the point that people choose them over real meat in blind taste tests. Even if we never get to a perfect simulation of meat, the ethical and environmental reasons for avoiding factory farming far outweigh whatever marginal pleasure you might get from it.
- secondcoming 3y ago‘marginal’? Quite a leap there.
- JodieBenitez 3y agoWell... some people think whatever they eat at KFC is real poultry. I can understand how these people can be fooled. But for some of us lucky enough to eat the chicken we raised... this leap looks like the grand Canyon.
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- JodieBenitez 3y agoNext generation maybe, but not in my time :)
- fasterik 3y agoThe next generation has to deal with the decisions we make today. We should consider the ethical and environmental impacts of what we eat. https://ourworldindata.org/environmental-impacts-of-food https://ourworldindata.org/environmental-impacts-of-food
- wheelerof4te 3y ago> whatever marginal pleasure you might get from it. Ummmm, like much needed protein? Source of B12?
- beej71 3y agoWhen true vat meat is a thing, I'll get it. But I've never tasted a realistic simulation of meat. The closest I think I've seen is plant based hot dogs, but it's still a miss.