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Default Beef produced and eaten, and not a single steer or cow "got toexperience life"

On 8/5/2013 3:46 PM, Christopher A. Lee wrote:
> On Mon, 05 Aug 2013 15:37:47 -0700, George Plimpton >
> wrote:
>
>> On 8/5/2013 1:26 PM, Dakota wrote:
>>> On 8/5/2013 3:10 PM, Witziges Rätsel wrote:
>>>> On 8/5/2013 2:34 PM, George Plimpton wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> It's here, ****wit: laboratory produced meat grown in a container. No
>>>>> cattle were brought into existence and "got to experience life" in
>>>>> order
>>>>> to produce this beef.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Does it smell like fish?
>>>
>>> The meat grown in the laboratory required starter cells from cattle that
>>> did exist.

>>
>> Right, but ultimately it would be possible to produce massive amounts of
>> beef with just a few cattle to provide the stem cells. Hundreds of
>> millions, perhaps billion, of cattle lives would never occur.

>
> We can't do that - where would all those Hari Krishnas be reborn into?


I think I see a solution to several problems in this laboratory work
being done.