FTA: >Pets live on synthetic diets and are much healthier and long-lived than their wild counterparts. Assuming this is actually true, I bet the reason for it

FTA: >Pets live on synthetic diets and are much healthier and long-lived than their wild counterparts. Assuming this is actually true, I bet the reason for it is more complicated that "See! Synthetic is better! The End". What impact has mankind had on the natural habitat of the animal in question is the first thing that comes to mind. And it's debatable about living longer when the body is so old that it barely functions. Maybe the lifespan of animals in the wild are exactly "what they're meant to be" given the removal of mankind's interference. I question the assumption that science's "improvements" on mother-nature are always for the better. Unforeseen consequences and all that. That being said, I still find this soylent thing to be interesting and I'd like to see how it all turns out. The same way I look at Bitcoin.