2013-08-06, 05:12 PM
Satellite Wrote:Not to mention chickens that are killed at under 1 month old. If that's not disgusting, I don't know what is.
Right, I'd say lab-grown is MORE ethical than naturally grown, honestly. The "you can't play god" crowd will just have to deal with it, eventually.
The problem I see is one they mentioned in the article; it only replicates the original cell, not all of the different cell types that make up an actual animal. It will be difficult to efficiently produce composite-cell lab grown foods, but that's the only way to keep the taste halfway decent; meat without fat just doesn't taste like meat. I don't even like the fatty parts, but I know it adds flavor to the dish.
I wonder if this means vegetarians will start eating meat, since there are no "animal torture" reasons once this is made standard.

