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date: 2023-08-17T19:58:58.232+02:00
updated: 2024-03-14T20:46:13.962+01:00
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As a longtime vegetarian, I am used to people asking me if I'd eat cultured meat. It's not a very interesting question, and answering "show me the environmental impact" doesn't make for a long discussion.

[Raising intelligent animals to sacrifice for human organs](https://www.technologyreview.com/2019/11/01/132110/meet-the-pigs-that-could-solve-the-human-organ-transplant-crises/), though? _That_ is a fun topic to kick off some philosophical conversation.
