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I think that by the middle of this century people will still be eating meat (though less), and their meat will mostly be produced in factories through synthetic processes, cell cultures, and so on.

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Dale Jamieson
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: October 21
Academic
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Sioux City
Iowa
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