Coming soon: chicken meat without slaughter

Re:Coming soon: chicken meat without slaughter by NH_2 on Sunday November 22, 2015 @04:28PM (#10611563)

I get that lab meat is largely considered a transcendent technological solution to the ethical dilemma of slaughtering livestock, but at the same time I can't help but think that this dooms chickens and cows to obsoletion and eventual extinction.

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Re:Coming soon: chicken meat without slaughter by sfilipov on Sunday November 22, 2015 @05:22PM (#10611741)

I think the demand for real chicken/beef will go down but there always will be people who buy "organic", "real", etc.

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Re:Coming soon: chicken meat without slaughter by Falling3 on Sunday November 22, 2015 @08:49PM (#10612414)

I'd love to see existing meat subsidies moved to either vegetables or lab-grown meat. That would certainly help to further shrink the market of people who need the "real" stuff.

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Re:Coming soon: chicken meat without slaughter by CaptSpify on Sunday November 22, 2015 @06:04PM (#10611907)

Is that a bad thing? Weren't they basically bred into their current state simply because it makes them easy for us to consume?

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Re:Coming soon: chicken meat without slaughter by RogtamBar on Sunday November 22, 2015 @10:05PM (#10612648)

Same is true for humanity.

Technology marching on is dooming us to becoming obsolete. Already there are people who are effectively unemployable. Once this is extended to the majority.. it won't be pretty. Life of leisure has driven even high-status people bonkers. Once it is a mass phenomenon, it's not going to be pretty.

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Re:Coming soon: chicken meat without slaughter by Falling3 on Sunday November 22, 2015 @08:45PM (#10612400)

What's wrong with that? Species shouldn't exist at the expense of the individuals it comprises.

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