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Re: Newly Risen from Yeast: THC

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Post by redblacktree » Tue, Sep 15, 2015, 7:24 PM UTC

hnnicker wrote: post #33

joesmo wrote: post #2

I don't see how this is superior to having the plant itself create THC which is much simpler and cheaper. Other than being a cool trick, how is this going to change the world, as the article claims? It really doesn't specify how the THC produced from yeast is any better or different than that produced from the plant. Can yeast production be scaled up in ways that plat production can't? Or is it just that it might be…

There was a SF author (Bear or Brin?) who wrote an essay back in the 90's about the future of drug wars. Much of the enforcement back then was on stopping the import of drugs from overseas. But once gene splicing created a way to produce the drugs within the USA, the enforce would switch to raiding warehouses, etc. The next step would be when the technology reduced the drug manufacture to a table top box that could b…

The buck probably stops at the table-top box. Prohibition-era homes weren't typically raided for small-scale alcohol production. Indeed, products like this "grape juice"[0] included instructions on how not to make wine.

[0]: http://drinks.seriouseats.com/2013/05/wine-and-prohibition-w...

Re: Newly Risen from Yeast: THC

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Post by redblacktree » Tue, Sep 15, 2015, 7:29 PM UTC

aianus wrote: post #59

CuriouslyC wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The problem is that in order to really "test" the hypothesis that soylent is equivalent to a healthy diet, you need to compare them under conditions of stress, and over long time periods. Sure soylent might work for the average sedentary type in the short term, but how does it fare for an athlete pushing the boundaries of their body? Additionally, what is the lifespan of a soylent consumer compared to someone who eat…

Off topic but, what's the point of living longer if you waste a fifth of your days cooking, cleaning, and eating?

What's the point of living longer if I have to consume bland, tasteless crap every time I get hungry?

Re: Newly Risen from Yeast: THC

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Post by aianus » Tue, Sep 15, 2015, 8:14 PM UTC

redblacktree wrote: post #62

aianus wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Off topic but, what's the point of living longer if you waste a fifth of your days cooking, cleaning, and eating?

What's the point of living longer if I have to consume bland, tasteless crap every time I get hungry?

You'll free up lots of time and money to do better things than eating? Sex, work, sleep, punching myself in the face, pretty much anything beats cooking, eating, and cleaning.