Mystery Meat
August 10th 2009 17:17
Before science gained ascendancy in the affairs of man, almost any good scam could be carried off if you offered pseudo proof, asserted it steadfastly, and finally claimed that the magical creatures or fountain of youth, or whatever was in an as yet unexplored corner of the globe.
There used to be a myth of a plant that produced living sheep. It's such an odd notion that a number of double takes might be required to wrap your head around it.
Well, as luck would have it, our scientists have gone the philosopher's stone types one better. Researchers are trying to grow meat in a petri dish.
In-Vitro Hamburgers
Chicken McWhatGets? Well I guess the carbon footprint of the whole process would be less and the meat would actually healthy for us. I believe there have been any number of studies that assert that we are red meating ourselves death. And if you think of starship Captain Jean Luc Picard talking about tea, Earl Grey, hot. Make it so. You had to know this day was coming. Even in the movie Matrix, which is famous for other things, they eat some kind of nutrient laden gruel.
I for one look forward to the day when our food will no longer kills us.
(images of Vegetable sheep are from Wikimedia, Vegetable_lamb_(Lee,_1887))
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