Lab grown meat

I'm not going to say there aren't mistakes, but some amazing things have come from it.

We've been genetically modifying our food for centuries, millennia even. Just before it took decades and centuries to cause change it now takes only years. Which yes, definitely increases the risks. As an example, do you know cabbage, brussel sprouts, brocolli, cauliflower are all the same species of plant? Just some farmers selected and cross bred specific versions of it to get what we have today.

One example of some good that can come from it is the so called "Golden rice" (because it looks more yellowy/golden). It's been modified to produce and store more vitamin A as it grows. Vitamin A deficiency is a major issue in many developing countries. The deficiency is found to make you far more susceptible to infections, which are again far more likely in developing countries.

So there is hope that the Golden rice will be able to help combat vitamin A deficiency in these countries. There are amazing things that can be done, and while I agree caution is definitely needed I don't think the possibilities should be thrown away. Many of the medications we live off now was discovered through similar research. The medication I need to live now was possible through research on our antibodies and the genetics around them.

I understand that philosophy, and there will always be people who want that, there's so many more organic options these days than there used to be as well

I think I'd be ok with lab grown meat. I try not to eat too much meat as it is and don't touch lamb, very rarely eat pork. It's mostly free range chicken for me. Getting all the goodness and flavour of meat without any animals dying would be great.

If the scientists could make the delicious stuff bad fat free, that'd be an added bonus. 😆