Food is good, but not that good. For instance, 95% of the time, I settle for eating something unhealthy and not particularly appetizing, because it is easy and quick to make. If I were cooking for someone else, this may be a different story. When I first read the Odyssey by Homer, my professor told me the Greek behaved as though sharing a meal was a spiritual experience, which is reflected in our culture (dinner dates, family meals, holidays etc.)
But as I currently do not eat with others on a regular basis, I think it would be of greater utility to go with whole food replacement, and eat with others on rare occasions, provided the cost for food replacement is low enough. Or I can explore new post-food psycho-social opportunities, which should be interesting in of itself.
I meant, until now, that the ONLY OPTIONS were “healthy diet” and “shit diet” under this schema. So “anything is better than a shit diet” is an odd claim to make.
Food is good, but not that good. For instance, 95% of the time, I settle for eating something unhealthy and not particularly appetizing, because it is easy and quick to make. If I were cooking for someone else, this may be a different story. When I first read the Odyssey by Homer, my professor told me the Greek behaved as though sharing a meal was a spiritual experience, which is reflected in our culture (dinner dates, family meals, holidays etc.)
But as I currently do not eat with others on a regular basis, I think it would be of greater utility to go with whole food replacement, and eat with others on rare occasions, provided the cost for food replacement is low enough. Or I can explore new post-food psycho-social opportunities, which should be interesting in of itself.
Yes, it’s better than a shit diet. Pretty much anything is better than shitty diet, though.
My point is that Soylent will be suboptimal. Also, most of the claims they make can’t be substantiated.
So … what other options are you including in “anything”, exactly?
I think it goes without saying what I mean. Healthy diet > soylent > shit diet
I meant, until now, that the ONLY OPTIONS were “healthy diet” and “shit diet” under this schema. So “anything is better than a shit diet” is an odd claim to make.
Unless you know of another option?
Huh? Diets are on a spectrum, from shitty to healthy.
… good point. You’re right, Soylent isn’t going to be the highest possible thing on that scale.