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fubarobfusco comments on [LINK] Soylent crowdfunding - Less Wrong Discussion

7 Post author: Qiaochu_Yuan 21 May 2013 07:09PM

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Comment author: fubarobfusco 22 May 2013 08:53:16AM 2 points [-]

... for a product that's actually clinically tested and pretty well known to work?

Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 22 May 2013 09:59:36AM 4 points [-]

If a person is interested in Soylent for sake of saving money, then a similar product that costs more than ordinary food is automatically known not to work.

Comment author: Petruchio 22 May 2013 11:22:19AM 1 point [-]

Hopefully, mass producing Soylent will drive down the price. As of now, it is close, but not cutting it as a total replacement for me. Temporay adoption on the other hand...

Comment author: RomeoStevens 22 May 2013 07:44:27PM 2 points [-]

If convenience is the primary driver it is running into "I can eat out every meal every day" at those prices.