Is pooping overrated?

I personally enjoy it immensely… but if someone found a way to create food in which everything contained was absorbed, no waste products were included, would you eat it? Would […]

April 27, 2008

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I personally enjoy it immensely… but if someone found a way to create food in which everything contained was absorbed, no waste products were included, would you eat it? Would you give up pooping? Not I, I say…

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Is pooping overrated?

I personally enjoy it immensely… but if someone found a way to create food in which everything contained was absorbed, no waste products were included, would you eat it? Would […]

The Energy Transition

Is pooping overrated?

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Is pooping overrated?

I personally enjoy it immensely… but if someone found a way to create food in which everything contained was absorbed, no waste products were included, would you eat it? Would […]

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