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Re: Launch HN: Micro Meat (YC S21) – Technology for scaling cultivated meat

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Fair enough. But the reality is that lab grown meat doesn't exist, so we are not certain how it will taste. Plant-based meats have come a long way in the past 5 years. Let's see where they are in another 5 years, at which point lab grown meat still won't exist at a scale and price point that's available to the mainstream consumer. I don't have anything against people pursuing lab grown meat research. I'm just a bit p…

Fair points. I like that we have lots of different smart people tackling the problem from different angles, though. I’m optimistic about technology here because I don’t think people will trade concrete quality of life now for abstract quality of life in the future. What’s your favourite plant based meat? I’ll try it next time I go get groceries.

Impossible is by far the best (I moved back to Europe couple of years ago and sadly they don't sell it here yet). I also heard their new nuggets are great, but haven't tried them yet.

Beyond Meat is also good, but I think Impossible is another ballgame.

Tofurkey also makes great cold cuts (haven't tried their bugers yet).

And then there are a bunch of smaller brands making great products, too. But it's a bit of a hit and miss with them, so you need to try a bunch to find something you like.

Re: Launch HN: Micro Meat (YC S21) – Technology for scaling cultivated meat

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post #128

Will be down voted for this. But here are my unsubstantiated comment: If lab meat becomes equivalent in quality to animal meat the sum total energy will exceed the energy required to obtain animal meat. It's difficult to beat nature when energy efficiency is concerned.( same for for carbon capture). Also nature does it in the lest pollution manner that artificial processes will not be able to match. My argument is no…

Two things. First, there's no evolutionary pressure to minimize pollution, so I don't know why you'd assume that "nature does it in the lest pollution manner [sic] that artificial processes will not be able to match". Secondly, even if nature is somehow more efficient than science can ever match for running an entire living creature, that's not what lab meat is doing. Almost everything an animal needs to do - think,…

> First, there's no evolutionary pressure to minimize pollution. Sort off, more accurately we can generally deal with the 'pollutants' that nature general produces, rather than relatively novel substances like plastic. Hence I used the term 'least'

>science can ever match for running an entire living creature, that's not what lab meat is doing.

It begs the question, why it is being done? If it's not as good or better in terms of nutrition. One can certainly go down a rabbit hole of trying to define what is good or better is. My guess is that in terms of nutrition it would be extremely hard to beat ( despite what vegans claim). Evolutionary reasons at play here.

Re: Launch HN: Micro Meat (YC S21) – Technology for scaling cultivated meat

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post #17

I love this project as a vegan for the last 23 years! Our group EarthPilot would love to provide support to this civilization scale project. We work with some of the most brilliant and successful founders and teams on earth on leadership, mindset, high performance, culture and emotional mastery.

Great, do you want to shoot us an email?

Yes.

Re: Launch HN: Micro Meat (YC S21) – Technology for scaling cultivated meat

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Joe Sixpack. Gonna use this one

It's a term that was made popular by Sarah Palin during the 2008 vice presidential debates to describe a regular average Joe who always arrives with a six pack of beer in one hand when he shows up to visit.

Oh god.

Re: Launch HN: Micro Meat (YC S21) – Technology for scaling cultivated meat

#205

To those wondering why lab-grown meat instead of going vegan: People are driven by incentives. People like meat, so instead of asking them to stop eating meat, which most won't do, make it a better option that fits with whatever the asker's goals are. In this case, you'd want people to care about animals or decrease environmental effects, so the way to do that while also considering people's incentives of loving meat…

It’s even simpler than that. There are some people who simply don’t function as well when they don’t eat meat. “But I’m vegan and I do just fine, in fact it I feel better then when I was eating meat”. I don’t doubt you, but I also don’t doubt the ex-vegans who tried and tried, but just felt awful and tired until they reintroduced meat. Different people have different metabolisms, and some people just can’t properly d…

I’d be curious about other mental health / unprocessed traumas that the ex vegans hadn’t addressed.
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