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Is Cultivated Meat for Real?

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Re: Is Cultivated Meat for Real?

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I sincerely hope not.

I have incisor teeth passed down to me from generation upon generation of my previous kin all the way back to my stoneage ancestors.

Incisors are specifically designed for tearing and ripping meat.

I eat real meat!

Re: Is Cultivated Meat for Real?

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post #3

I sincerely hope not. I have incisor teeth passed down to me from generation upon generation of my previous kin all the way back to my stoneage ancestors. Incisors are specifically designed for tearing and ripping meat. I eat real meat!

Cows have incisors, should cows also eat real meat? Incisors are more for cutting than tearing, canines do the tearing but human canines are too short to effectively tear. Cows also have canines.

I would give cultivated meat a try but I don't see it becoming a staple of my diet. A hamburger sounds good about now.

Re: Is Cultivated Meat for Real?

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If economy of scale is a problem, I look forward to seeing home-tanks that sit on the counter top like slow cookers and produce the meat-alike overnight. Go to the store and buy bags of concentrate just like any other grocery ingredient.

Re: Is Cultivated Meat for Real?

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post #3

I sincerely hope not. I have incisor teeth passed down to me from generation upon generation of my previous kin all the way back to my stoneage ancestors. Incisors are specifically designed for tearing and ripping meat. I eat real meat!

I'm a carnivore, but that's a very weak argument.

Even if it were true - it isn't, incisors are for cutting grass and fruits too - humans are more than anything, adaptable, and our survival and evolution sits on the top of that adaptability.

We are who we are because, between other things, we eat whatever is available and plenty.

If meat becomes a luxury product, and/or becomes even more dangerous to the environment to the point it's even less sustainable, the proper naturalist argument would be we shall need to adapt and stop eating meat altogether.

Às I said, though, I'm quite fond of my Picanha, and sincerely hope I can get to eat a sustainable version of it at some point in my life so I can do it with a bit less of a guilt.

Re: Is Cultivated Meat for Real?

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post #3

I sincerely hope not. I have incisor teeth passed down to me from generation upon generation of my previous kin all the way back to my stoneage ancestors. Incisors are specifically designed for tearing and ripping meat. I eat real meat!

"I eat real meat!"

Cultivated meat IS real meat from meat cells, it is not a meat imitation based on soy, wheat or whatever. Potentially much safer. Think of dead zombie disease or suspected cancer risk of beef.

https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/news/new-p...

https://publichealth.gmu.edu/news/2024-03/should-you-be-worr...

Why do animals have to suffer for our meat supply?

“As long as there are slaughter houses there will always be battlefields.” ― Leo Tolstoy

(The quote sounds batter in other languages, since battlefields are "slaughter fields")

Best, Beijinger, not a vegetarian

Re: Is Cultivated Meat for Real?

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post #3

I sincerely hope not. I have incisor teeth passed down to me from generation upon generation of my previous kin all the way back to my stoneage ancestors. Incisors are specifically designed for tearing and ripping meat. I eat real meat!

why do you think that cultivated meat would ultimately be different? It will definitely be more customizable - Kobe, Angus, Wagyu - just select the corresponding option in the app.

And i see at some point convergence of technologies - human transplant growing would be pretty much the same tech, just the options in the app would be different, like how much kevlar to add into the heart muscle.

Re: Is Cultivated Meat for Real?

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post #3

I sincerely hope not. I have incisor teeth passed down to me from generation upon generation of my previous kin all the way back to my stoneage ancestors. Incisors are specifically designed for tearing and ripping meat. I eat real meat!

Cool. The strongest argument for a boring diet is your teeth.

Re: Is Cultivated Meat for Real?

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post #3

I sincerely hope not. I have incisor teeth passed down to me from generation upon generation of my previous kin all the way back to my stoneage ancestors. Incisors are specifically designed for tearing and ripping meat. I eat real meat!

"I eat real meat!" Cultivated meat IS real meat from meat cells, it is not a meat imitation based on soy, wheat or whatever. Potentially much safer. Think of dead zombie disease or suspected cancer risk of beef. https://www.gesundheitsindustrie-bw.de/en/article/news/new-p... https://publichealth.gmu.edu/news/2024-03/should-you-be-worr... Why do animals have to suffer for our meat supply? “As long as there are slaught…

My dad preferably (to meat) eats cartilage, collagene, etc... off the bones (using a knife)... his dog then eats whatever is left. Anyone working on that?
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