"Lab-grown meat" is a metaphor for "Creating and editing life." It just so happens that the engine of capitalism can get behind making chicken wings. Creating human embryos and livers? A bit more controversial. And less money in it. But everyone likes ribeye steaks.
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A million, million people paying for ribeye steaks would fuel the engine of innovation for a lab-grown meat company. "Ribeye steaks for $1" And it would broaden its horizons, pursuing new flavors. And then the company would break off and recreate human organs.
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There would be an arms race to finer resolution tissues. First day bladders. Some day. lungs. Eventually livers. And one day the soul.pic.twitter.com/DsrM4vnQPT
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Replying to @then_there_was
The downstream unintended consequences of introducing new foods/life should not be underestimated. While true that it is all ‘natural’ and part of ‘life’, non-naturally occurring combinations of particles can cause devastating effects to the current equilibrium.
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I’m thinking we’d first start with just cloning preexisting organisms.
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Mammoths? Now I would like to see that.
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