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posted by martyb on Saturday March 10 2018, @03:04AM   Printer-friendly
from the Newest-Entrée-at-Milliways?-Long-Pig-Bacon? dept.

'Soylent' Dawkins? Atheist mulls 'taboo against cannibalism' ending as lab-grown meat improves

What if human meat is grown? Could we overcome our taboo against cannibalism?"
- @RichardDawkins - 6:15 AM - 3 Mar 2018

https://twitter.com/RichardDawkins/status/969939225180364805
https://archive.fo/kSmgi

"Lab-grown 'clean' meat could be on sale by end of 2018, says producer"
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/clean-meat-lab-grown-available-restaurants-2018-global-warming-greenhouse-emissions-a8236676.html

"'Soylent' Dawkins? Atheist mulls 'taboo against cannibalism' ending as lab-grown meat improves"
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/6/richard-dawkins-mulls-taboo-against-cannibalism-en/

and:

https://www.nationalreview.com/blog/corner/richard-dawkins-eating-human-meat-cannibalism-taboo/


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  • (Score: 2) by Arik on Saturday March 10 2018, @04:53AM

    by Arik (4543) on Saturday March 10 2018, @04:53AM (#650393) Journal
    "*In theory,* there would be nothing wrong with this so long as 1) no nerve tissue were involved and 2) it was proven that there was no risk of prion disease from consuming purely flesh meat."

    *In theory* there's no problem with pork consumption, as long as 1) the meat is processed and inspected rigorously, and 2) the pig farms are located in remote areas far from human habitation.

    "However, the question still remains: why the fuck?"

    Because many people think it tastes good, and far fewer are concerned with anything past that.
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