I think debate is going to be present in the creation of anything, even amongst those with experience, so that part doesn't bother me too much. However, to me

I think debate is going to be present in the creation of anything, even amongst those with experience, so that part doesn't bother me too much. However, to me Soylent feels as if a bunch of business experts with no software experience sat down to have a detailed debate with an open internet forum about what design decisions should be made in the construction of an electronic banking system or FEA modeling software, the whole way using only Wikipedia as a resource and without consulting anyone with past experience building such a system. Actually, Soylent's development process reminds me a bit of many Bitcoin products: overconfident hype-prone attempts to design high-value systems with limited domain knowledge and a certain disdain for regulation, authority, and expertise. If I weren't opposed to giving them money I certainly wouldn't be opposed to trying Soylent and perhaps using it as a meal-replacement shake at times. After all, the stuff is almost certainly more nutritionally valuable than a lot of the things I eat. But as a complete meal replacement, I feel things need to be pretty damn right and I don't think Soylent have the domain experience or testing to market their product as such.