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It's telling that even though this individual claims to dislike Soylent, he continued to drink it for 90% of his meals on some days. Unless artificially forcing
by gfodor 12y ago
It's telling that even though this individual claims to dislike Soylent, he continued to drink it for 90% of his meals on some days. Unless artificially forcing himself to drink Soylent was part of the experiment, his actions say he prefers convenience over taste. The fact that so many commentators seem terrified of the addition of another option for food, without removing the ones we have today, tells me Soylent is going to be truly disruptive. The skepticism of Soylent in the mainstream media has been very much "I don't know why, but it just seems wrong to me." Appeal to tradition 101.
- Aqueous 12y agoI think he was on assignment - that's why he consumed only Soylent for a week. It's just like the Forbes writer who forced herself to live only on BitCoin for a week. In her case, even though her first experience was uneven and a huge hassle, she eventually repeated her experiment, and found her experience was vastly improved. Unfortunately for Soylent, I think it's going to taste exactly the same in a year.
- gfodor 12y agoBut he says that he didn't only consume Soylent for a week, that he still ate regular meals. And then went on to say that there were times when he drank Soylent he would have preferred a regular meal. It makes no sense, why not just drink Soylent when the lack of taste was less important than the efficiency? This would have been a fairer test. If by the end of the week the guy was no longer drinking Soylent for any meals, then I'd buy that Soylent was doomed, but that's not what the experiment was.
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- bignaj 12y agoIt was his job to do that for the trial period... he didn't choose to.