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960 sats \ 3 replies \ @fm 13 Feb 2024
will read later on..
Lab meat is cancer in a tube.. no joke
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @kepford 13 Feb 2024
I don't know if it is cancer in a tube but I have no desire to find out. Its moving in the wrong direction.
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @fm 13 Feb 2024
I dont mean the fake news that claim they use cancerous cells..
But.. we are not really sure about the effects of those cells they use.. theres no data yet, and i wont trust this until many years down the road
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 13 Feb 2024
I'm with you there.
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838 sats \ 5 replies \ @kepford 13 Feb 2024
I need to read this but sounds like BS to me.
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10 sats \ 4 replies \ @kr OP 13 Feb 2024
worth reading
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838 sats \ 2 replies \ @kepford 13 Feb 2024
My guess before reading this is that "we've" been eating lab produced food for decades and what's the big deal. My concerns about lab produced foods is mostly that they haven't existed for very long in the history of our species and it is incredibly foolish to change our diets (which most have already done) for reasons mostly related to maximizing corporate profits. When I look around at the general public our state of health is terrible. When I think the average diet and how unnatural it is, how dissimilar it is to what humans have historically eaten it would make sense that we'd see health issues arise. Its obvious that there are other contributing factors but to ignore the processed foods as a major factor seems incredibly foolish to me.
I'm ready to be surprised though.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @kr OP 13 Feb 2024
this article is specifically about how chickens are grown
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985 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 13 Feb 2024
Garth is comparing the status quo as if it is the only option. I think the status quo is not the only option nor is it good.
This is propaganda. Profit is the primary goal. Just like most things in modern society the profit motive is hidden as some evil thing. Profit is amoral in reality. What is evil, is deception. Pretending the goals are some higher purpose is used to trick the masses into a state of mind where they do not think critically. When people go into an interaction with the thought that this guy might be trying to make a profit their guard is up. I don't doubt that individuals are driven by a goal of solving world hunger, but still profit is the goal that is really driving any business.
This is another problem with the state. When the state "approves" things we are conditioned to think they are OK. That they are safe. Those of us that are awake even fall into this trap. Its a false security. Don't trust. Verify should be the default. This use of high morals is how war is justified to the masses. We have to send money to protect the innocent, while the state props up other states that kill people.
My issues with lab meat are not about the factory farms practices. I buy mostly free range meat and eggs. But growing meat in a lab is something that is new, untested, and unnecessary. I do not oppose people doing it. Or people eating it, but I will not be one of them.
The alternative to lab and or factor farms is lower time preference farming. I'm not an expert on Permaculture but its sustainable farming practices could be reproduced more broadly. We have the land. From what I have heard from those in the movement modern ag practices are destroying the soils of the world. I learned about Permaculture during Covid and it kinda blew my mind. Basically I believe we've been fed a lie about modern agriculture. That this is the only way to feed the world. I bet there are people more knowledgeable than eye on this topic on SN so don't waste your time arguing with me on this topic.
I wonder if Garth would enjoy learning about Permaculture.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 13 Feb 2024
After reading, I disagree. The title for one is not at all what the article is about. But that's pretty common these days.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 13 Feb 2024
TLDR:
Lab meat is a humane alternative than the status quo. If we want to feed the world we have to do lab meat or factor farms.
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