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Crash_69 t1_j09dyz2 wrote

Reply to comment by Phoenix5869 in R/FUTUROLOGY 2023 PREDICTION COMPETITION & pick last year's winner by lughnasadh

I'm glad you mentioned lab grown meat! I think it will be a game changer eventually for many of the reasons you mentioned., but probably not in 2023. I've read that several companies are aggressively building facilities . I don't think we'll see products in the u.s. in 2023, but we'll definitely hear a lot more about it. The forementioned companies will probably bombard us with advertisements that claim to be news articles or product reviews to prime demand. I will be watching the topic to see how consumers react - there may be a lot of resistance from the folks that think GMOs are dangerous.

But you took the easy way out about generic breakthroughs. These sort of announcements are the back bone of click bait articles from fringe 'science' journalists.

What's your wild-ass guess about science breakthroughs? There is a lot of research being done right now that may produce fruit in 2023.

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Phoenix5869 t1_j0fnd22 wrote

Lab grown meat is already being served in restaurants in Singapore so i based my prediction off of that, however if lab grown meat dosen't explode in 2023 i won't be too surprised. Also there is a huge lab grown meat facility being built in the US. And ur right about the resistence thing a lot of ppl don't like the idea of GMOs / lab grown products and i have a family member that thinks lab grown anything is "disgusting" and "unnatural".

yh i get rly frustrated when i see these "breakthroughs" like "high school student invents x that will transform society" or "scientists cure (insert currently incurable ailment) and it could cost $000000000.1 a dose" that we hear about every few years that is obviously hype and / or fake. I literally once saw an article that said "teenager invents cold fusion reactor for $15" like if that was true it would be global front page news u wouldnt need to go on some random ass website with 6 views to know about it. However there are some genuine breakthroughs such as the breakthrough in fusion that was announced by US scientists a few days ago.

im hoping there will be breakthroughs in stem cell treatments (several of them are in clinical trails but afaik none have been approved or used in hospitals) and lab grown organs (we already know how to lab grow meat so it shouldn't be too hard to use that knowledge to grow organs) also im excited to see how ai develops as it seems to be advancing very quickly

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Crash_69 t1_j0fo0tk wrote

I completely understand how you feel about "break through" announcements. Really excited about gene editing and cancer treatments (from personal experience) - won't help many people though because its so damn expensive. We are truly on the cusp of a new era.

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Phoenix5869 t1_j0fpkfl wrote

>we are truly on the cusp of a new era

I hope so

and yes it will be expensive but even if it costs like $100k a dose at least it exists

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