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Re:CRISPR Fungus: Protein-Packed, Sustainable, and Tastes Li... by majkinetor on Friday December 12, 2025 @04:11AM (#46242275)
> Your brain wouldn’t know what to do with it, nutritionally speaking.

At first. If the food has nutrients that are important to the brain, it will recognize that in the future. There are animal experiment confirming this.

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Re:CRISPR Fungus: Protein-Packed, Sustainable, and Tastes Li... by Nevermark on Friday December 12, 2025 @08:31AM (#46243958)
The term "acquired taste" quite literally means this.

We don't link a sensation initially, until our mind associates it with feeling good in some way. Then we like it.

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