Quote (raw blood @ Jun 24 2010 05:46pm)
Actually, if you want to be logically sound, you would eat nothing but plants.
The problem is when there are numerous studies now showing plants to have a form of nervous system.
Humans are omnivores so perhaps you could argue that economically it's better to grow plants, but as far as that goes, you might as well go for synthetic foods altogether that are going to be very feasible in the near future.
Synthetic being in the sense that bacteria get their DNA manipulated to produce various compounds our bodies need.
I'm interested in this 'plant nervous system' and I'm interested if we can ever prove that plants aren't sentient. If we can, without harming animals, create synthetic food them I'm all for it.