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Only an engineer could think it's a good idea to remove the experience of eating.
by fivethree 13y ago
Only an engineer could think it's a good idea to remove the experience of eating.
- WestCoastJustin 13y agoYou need to look at the bigger picture (disclaimer: I do not agree/disagree with what Soylent is/does). Imagine if something like this actually worked, you could feed many people cheaply. Not everyone has the luxury of enjoying their eating experience.
- gclaramunt 13y ago> Imagine if something like this actually worked What about military rations? Ensure? The stuff they feed the people doing hunger strike in Guantanamo? There's plenty of "prior art"
- patmcc 13y agoThat's a bit unfair - when you grab a bowl of cereal in the morning, there's not really that much "experience" there - it's just fuel. I'd be a fan of eating something like Soylent (if it was cheap+healthy+tasty+easy enough) for those fast and boring meals, while still cooking and eating real food for dinner and socially. Not to mention the benefit for emergencies, foreign aid, the malnourished, the infirm, etc.
- lifeformed 13y agoIt could actually enhance eating! For work-at-homers: 1) Drink soylent for breakfast 2) Drink soylent at lunch, work through your normal lunch hour 3) Use the extra time and money you saved to eat a delicious dinner at your favorite restaurant You could literally eat out nicely every day if you used your lunch money for it. When I'm working, it sucks to stop in the middle of it to make lunch. Instead of stopping my train of though, I can just sip on some soylent and keep going. Then unwind for dinner a bit earlier since I saved some time at lunch.
- bananajoe 13y ago1) have some yogourt for breakfast 2) each a bunch of trailmix etc ... 3) same same. ? EAT FOOD!!!
- lifeformed 13y agoYeah, but you won't get all the nutrients you need from that, and probably won't feel full unless you eat a bunch.