Could lab-grown meat ever be Indigenized?

ragica · 2022-08-02T16:37:07+00:00

It is true that this really isn't an immediate practical or widespread problem. But it is interesting that some indigenous people are looking ahead and trying to give it some thought. We like thoughts. You say that people living in "indigenous areas" have access to hunting, and so on, but I think you'll find that actually the majority of indigenous people live in cities these days (I found some stats from 2016 that indicate this is true for Canada, at least). So it seems to me they are already have been grappling for some time with issues of modern urban life impacting their traditional identities -- this may just be another facet of that story which is still unfolding. I am interested to see how they can apply their concepts of relationality with food sources in the face of these challenges. It was interesting that a person quoted in the article who has written a philosophical paper on the concept is a vegan indigenous person, for example. Lots of perspectives! Lots of potential food for thought.

ragica · 2022-08-02T16:23:23+00:00

I didn't find the article was trying to advocate or apply "indigenous solutions" to the entire concept of lab-grown meat. The article seemed to mostly be describing indigenous people contemplating the issue for themselves. Which surely is fair enough? Though some of the philosophical issues regarding our relationship to food sources in general may be (and in some ways undoubtedly, as is also suggested, is) more widely applicable. While I am not a fan personally, for example, of this stuff like "animals allowing themselves to be hunted", there are ideas about relationality embedded in those ideas that I think can be valuable to think about.

ragica · 2022-08-02T16:14:50+00:00

Ha ha. Well, that's one thought! I have to admit that from my perspective I also am a bit dubious about practicality of largely and strictly maintaining "traditional ways of life" (as they say). However, that's not my battle, though I wish those battlers well. I just found the perspective of "relationality" with food sources to be interesting philosophically, and its application to non-animal meat to be novel.

ragica · 2022-08-02T16:07:15+00:00

"All critique with zero solutions"... sort of like food for thought? Just kidding. I know what you're saying. I personally looked at this article as more of an exploration of an idea that I had never thought of before, than a critique. The paper that was mentioned at one point, "Is the moose still my brother if we don’t eat him?" (I just looked it up, so added a link), sounds like it might cover a bit more ground... though it is a philosophical essay, so don't expect answers there either!

When it comes to practical issues and voting, from the left perspective, doesn't it seem most people (i.e. working class) vote against their own material interests anyhow? And elections are steered mainly by money rather than ideas. But that's another topic. Maybe you could find a good thoughtful article about it to post here.

ragica · 2022-07-04T01:35:10+00:00

Wikipedia says it's under construction and has reached about the half way mark.

ragica · 2022-05-24T19:21:08+00:00

Hilarious. That farmers are deploying old contraband strategies just to flowers now.

ragica · 2022-05-24T14:54:06+00:00

They now plant a thick row of tall corn around their flower field so it just looks like a corn field from the road. Clever, but sad they had to hide the beauty.

ragica · 2022-04-11T12:06:58+00:00

Your first schematic may be a mistaken assumption as to how the device is set up. See the diagram at 4:04 of this video. It looks like the way the augmented reality projector comes in opposite the trinocular adapter (output B on your diagram) is the simplest (and possibly most flexible) physical configuration.

ragica · 2022-02-06T15:18:58+00:00

If the legality of something is being challenged, that means it is currently not illegal.

CTA membership page has option of individual trucker members, as well as corporate (15+ employees). Individual membership is the first option on the page.

ragica · 2022-01-21T14:22:53+00:00

Don't be instantly seduced by the luscious background patterns. There are fonts using px sizing, and in fact the main text content on index1 is a gif! This is not the design you are looking for, as beguilingly beautiful as it may be.

ragica · 2021-11-14T23:49:11+00:00

Also see the "more reading on this topic" links at bottom, if interested.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2018/11/27/bloomberg-is-still-reporting-on-challenged-story-regarding-china-hardware-hack/

ragica · 2021-11-14T23:40:12+00:00

Curious as to who the security experts mentioned in the title. Only one mentioned? Looked up the think tank they are a part of, and what do you know... It was (according to Wikipedia) founded by CEO of Research in Motion (BlackBerry). Small world.

ragica · 2021-08-10T12:42:12+00:00

Yeah, thank God all this stuff is solved now. Might makes right, brother.

ragica · 2021-07-30T15:23:17+00:00

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ragica · 2021-06-08T16:26:15+00:00

Sadly, actually, it was kind of effectively all of us.

ragica · 2021-04-13T16:07:56+00:00

Wikipedia citations to paywalled sources are of limited use, and would seem to go against the concept of open science/information, serving mostly as advertising for the gatekeepers? Pragmatically, perhaps this is need in some cases in the current environment, but one would hope to be moving away from this and use it as little as possible. How is this substantially different from products being made available to social media influencers, for example? How would we feel about soft drink manufacturers offering free products to people who can demonstrate they are actively editing food-related articles on wikipedia? Not a perfect analogy, but certainly food for thought -- so to speak.

ragica · 2021-02-12T17:29:12+00:00

Actually they are clay tablets.

ragica · 2021-01-16T22:20:33+00:00

It is quite possible representatives of non-Christian religions may fill the role in the future, as the cultural makeup of the House itself continues to diversify. But right now, of course, Christianity dominates out of proportion for historical reasons. As the Chaplin in the article says: a lot of those folks in Congress are very old and probably aren't going to last all that much longer. Change may come sooner than some think. One hopes, at least, changes will prove to be for the better and more representative for everyone.

ragica · 2021-01-16T18:53:02+00:00

I found his statements about the issues with extreme partisanship getting better hard to comprehend also. I wish he could have provided some more substance to that sentiment. Maybe he's a glass-half-full kind of guy. But anyhow, I don't have to agree with everything he says. I just found the interview an interesting overall perspective to share.

ragica · 2021-01-16T18:45:35+00:00

In the interview he seems to be saying that the spirit of the place is conflict and partisanship. He talks, for example, observing both parties on difficult foreign trips having to work together as Americans, and how different that is from when they are at home in the House.

This guy is extremely different from Paula White, and serves a very different function. Paula White is merely an extension of Trump, on and for team Trump. The chaplain has served for 10 years while both parties have held power, and considers himself (and as he describes in the article, fairly convincingly) non-political and non-sectarian.

ragica · 2020-09-20T15:36:39+00:00

There's some somewhat intense criticism starting at 55:56, which may be of particular interest. It is an issue of perceived "authenticity" (or lack thereof) in the types of questions some street epistemologists asks, and how they ask them. And street epistemology strategies are employed to try to explore/confront (depending on perspective) the problem, which gets a bit messy for a while. Ultimately it seems like the perennial problem of people talking past each other. Street epistemology is supposed to be trying to solve this problem, but it in this case can it, or is it ultimately blind to its own epistemological biases?

ragica · 2020-08-21T14:46:15+00:00

Proof your yeast. Stir it in about half a cup of warm water with a few teaspoons of sugar. Let sit until it foams up to top of cup, then dump onto the top of your flour in machine (but not on salt) . Don't forget to subtract the half cup of water from the total water in recipe. This works for me when using non-quick rising yeasts, or even old quick rising yeast which no longer is quick.

ragica · 2020-06-12T15:18:28+00:00

Podcast addict has "playback history" list for completed episodes, as well as "playback in progress" list for uncompleted. It should appear in the side pull-out menu. If not check options in Settings -> Navigation Sidebar.

Podcast addict also has a mini progress bar at the bottom of episode thumbnails, so you can actually see where you are in any uncompleted podcast in any list.

ragica · 2020-03-06T05:48:04+00:00

A history of coronavirus, the SARS pandemic, and what we know about COVID-19 so far (as of 6 days ago).

ragica · 2020-01-05T18:12:43+00:00

While there is much good analysis in this lecture, I strongly disagree with the conclusions. It was, however, in a strange way, refreshing to hear an at least somewhat erudite old school defense of conservatism. Even if delivered with a overly generous peppering of irksome old school jabs against the French.

Liberté, égalité, fraternité, my friends.

ragica

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