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Tango0104 Jan 2018 4:10 p.m. PST

"A QUARTER CENTURY ago, Steven Spielberg created velociraptors that were viscerally compelling enough to toe-claw tap dance straight into our nightmares. Last year, the VFX team behind Rogue One gave us a posthumously CGI-reanimated Peter Cushing as Grand Moff Tarkin, and that inspired a different and unintended kind of unease. Japanese roboticist Masahiro Mori's famous Uncanny Valley hypothesis proposes that near-perfect human replicas elicit a specific form of revulsion—we're simultaneously intrigued by something seemingly human enough to deserve empathy, and yet repulsed by the realization that something is off.

Now, we usually cut fake dinosaurs some slack because humanity's social code doesn't depend on interpreting T. rex eyebrow tics. But our finely calibrated facial lie detectors are critical when it comes to recognizing and assessing threats, rivals, allies, and potential mates. And, as it turns out, we have similar systems in place to monitor another intimate element of our survival: eating…"
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Shagnasty Supporting Member of TMP04 Jan 2018 7:43 p.m. PST

Arrrgh!

XRaysVision05 Jan 2018 5:09 a.m. PST

Interesting article. I recommend reading it all the way through.

I became diabetic about 15 years ago. In that time, I've had to search for food substitutes to control carbohydrate intake. Fortunately, because of food science the task is much, much easier for me than it was for my mother 25 years ago.

Of course, diseases that are controlled through diet aren't the only reasons to look to food science. On a planet occupied by 7 billion people, there are good economic and ecological reasons to look to scientists for help.

The amount of cultivatable land, the amount of fresh water needed for farming, and the impact of carbon and methane dumped into the atmosphere are just a few of the many impacts of feeding humanity and the plants and animals that sustain them.

So while it is easy to turn one's nose up at manufactured food, there is no option but to embrace the technology. As for the look, feel and taste of manufactured food, I can tell you from personal experience, when your life depends on it, you learn to like it.

Personal logo etotheipi Sponsoring Member of TMP05 Jan 2018 7:11 a.m. PST

My dad used to say, "If it tastes too bad, then you're not too hungry." He would know. Because of him, I never would. I've gone a couple days with little or no food in military situations, but I was also not worried about when resupply would happen. Just had to tough it out.

Besides, I ate a balut. If you can eat that, you can eat anything. Even Navy coffee.

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Tango0105 Jan 2018 11:54 a.m. PST

Glad you enjoyed it my friend!. (smile)


What is a balut?…


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Personal logo etotheipi Sponsoring Member of TMP06 Jan 2018 11:28 a.m. PST

Spoiler alert – Don't click the link if you are about to eat soon.

Balut

There you go, mon ami.

goragrad08 Jan 2018 2:44 p.m. PST

Interesting.

And no problem – I was just finishing my steak and soft boiled eggs.

Tango0109 Jan 2018 11:32 a.m. PST

You have an Iron Stomach my friend!. (smile)

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