The funny thing is, the Government, as an entity, is something that Humans IMAGINED into existence. It is a like a Software Program that has taken on a life of its own.
I only hope that people remember that 'we the People' are the Creator Gods of the Government.
We are the Programmers, and we can always uninstall/upgrade/replace our current Version. All it takes is putting Words on a piece of paper (Constitution/Declaration/Northwest Ordinance/Patriot Act/etc) and having enough People BELIEVE in those Words.
A combo of Words, Imagination and Belief can make any Thing come to Life. Government is simply an example.
As a metaphor: Within 'Earth.exe' there are Natural System and Man-made Systems. The Natural Systems make up the 'Hardware Grid', and the Man-made Systems are the 'Virtual Grid'. Us Humans are basically Programmers living in a Virtual Reality... Creator Gods if you will. It would be nice if we started to act like it...
Reports are, it tasted lousy, due to nearly zero fat content. Additionally, "real" beef has flavor overtones resultant from the feed the animal was raised on. Thus, corn-fed beef tastes different from grass-fed beef, even if both cows came from the same cows.
I don't expect vat-raised hamburger, much less steak, being commercially available anytime soon. . . . . simply because if it doesn't TASTE good and have the "mouth feel" of genuine beef, you're not going to get enough buyers to make it a commercial success. ..
Lets say you have 100 cows of the same breed, and you have 5 fields, each with a different type of grass. Lets say you put 20 cows in each field and allow for 2-3 years to pass. What would be the end result, as far as taste goes? Each field - unique diet input - is going to create a unique taste in the meat. You can eat a steak from a cow from each field, and if your taste sense is sharp enough, you will be able to tell a subtle difference between each of the fields.
The Matrix - the environment - is VERY important, in a number of subtle ways. I would guess that epigenetics and mRNA play a role in all of this. Each field/grass is going to provide different mRNA to the cows, which will have subtle effects on the way their meat develops. A lab and a natural field are going to provide different Epigenetic Signals (inputs), so we should naturally expect to see different outputs.
The first time I read about this concept, I was instantly reminded of this Jesus quote, from the Gospel of Thomas: (7) Jesus said, "Blessed is the lion which becomes man when consumed by man; and cursed is the man whom the lion consumes, and the lion becomes man."
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The funny thing is, the Government, as an entity, is something that Humans IMAGINED into existence. It is a like a Software Program that has taken on a life of its own.
I only hope that people remember that 'we the People' are the Creator Gods of the Government.
We are the Programmers, and we can always uninstall/upgrade/replace our current Version. All it takes is putting Words on a piece of paper (Constitution/Declaration/Northwest Ordinance/Patriot Act/etc) and having enough People BELIEVE in those Words.
A combo of Words, Imagination and Belief can make any Thing come to Life. Government is simply an example.
As a metaphor: Within 'Earth.exe' there are Natural System and Man-made Systems. The Natural Systems make up the 'Hardware Grid', and the Man-made Systems are the 'Virtual Grid'. Us Humans are basically Programmers living in a Virtual Reality... Creator Gods if you will. It would be nice if we started to act like it...
Reports are, it tasted lousy, due to nearly zero fat content. Additionally, "real" beef has flavor overtones resultant from the feed the animal was raised on. Thus, corn-fed beef tastes different from grass-fed beef, even if both cows came from the same cows.
I don't expect vat-raised hamburger, much less steak, being commercially available anytime soon. . . . . simply because if it doesn't TASTE good and have the "mouth feel" of genuine beef, you're not going to get enough buyers to make it a commercial success. . .
Lets say you have 100 cows of the same breed, and you have 5 fields, each with a different type of grass. Lets say you put 20 cows in each field and allow for 2-3 years to pass. What would be the end result, as far as taste goes? Each field - unique diet input - is going to create a unique taste in the meat. You can eat a steak from a cow from each field, and if your taste sense is sharp enough, you will be able to tell a subtle difference between each of the fields.
The Matrix - the environment - is VERY important, in a number of subtle ways. I would guess that epigenetics and mRNA play a role in all of this. Each field/grass is going to provide different mRNA to the cows, which will have subtle effects on the way their meat develops. A lab and a natural field are going to provide different Epigenetic Signals (inputs), so we should naturally expect to see different outputs.
This link explains this concept a bit further: Affects of mRNA.
The first time I read about this concept, I was instantly reminded of this Jesus quote, from the Gospel of Thomas: (7) Jesus said, "Blessed is the lion which becomes man when consumed by man; and cursed is the man whom the lion consumes, and the lion becomes man."