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> Because these vat-grown lumps of neurons don't feel. They are not conscious. Being conscious is not a prerequisite for them feeling something as far as we kn
by naasking 3y ago
> Because these vat-grown lumps of neurons don't feel. They are not conscious.
Being conscious is not a prerequisite for them feeling something as far as we know, and you simply don't know that it doesn't feel anything.
I agree that food waste is an issue that requires better education, as does nutrition in general. Then again, nutrition research has been abysmal until only very recently, so people have been getting confusing messages for decades now.
- usrbinbash 3y ago> and you simply don't know that it doesn't feel anything. Yes, I do know that, because I know that pain reception requires nociceptors [1]. In fact all bodily sensory information requires a periphery of sensory neurons. The central nervous system itself, is simply incapable to collect sensory information on its own. And our complex emotional lives are the result of a developmental process that involves pathway selection by usage patterns. None of these things are present in a lump of cells in a growth medium. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nociceptor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nociceptor