Now, of course, short term health benefits might be limited. I guess there's less risk of bacteria contamination for lab raised meat, which is always good to take (edit: maybe not, see children comments about this). I would guess that like meat, not eating too much of it would be advisable.
But why limit benefits to such a narrow thing? This feels like a way to say "ok, but apart all the nice and obvious benefits this has, what are the benefits?"
Just recognize the benefits, it doesn't mean there are no drawbacks :-)
One more reason to avoid lab meats
What you are doing is called confirmation bias.
I would suggest you to open yourself to perspectives foreign to you. That's the whole point of HN for me, aside from learning new things.
And no, it's not yet a reason to avoid lab meat. Let's actually find out if lab meat is actually less safe in practice? Because contamination of meat as we are producing it today is a thing and still relatively common and this we know it for a fact.
Whether to avoid or not and under which arguments it's individual decision. Some people believe in reducing pollution with lab meat or climate change. Let the have it, it's ultimately whatever individual thinks is good.
> Let's actually find out if lab meat is actually less safe in practice?
I am all in, but how this can be practically assessed?
I have no permission to give because I don't have this power, nor I would want to have it.
Not really, but I was asking about health benefits.