The act of eating is a service.

[Tenet Nosce]

The "deeper question" I offered was: Is it possible for physical lifeforms to exist such that the biochemical processes of one only act to support those in all others?

I also happened to notice this "deeper question" was quickly being buried under the "same old arguments" again.

Also- if it is indeed possible for those "food replicator" thingies ala Star Trek to exist, why not focus on how to make that happen, rather than trying to CONTROL others? In consideration of the fact that a mere 5% of the population is vegetarian, it seems highly unlikely that we would be able to force the other 95% into behaving otherwise.

An intriguing thought: There is evidence that this type of technology previously existed here on Earth, but since was lost due to the notion that it should only be available to the "spiritually pure". I wonder how we could avoid a repeat of that scenario, if indeed it ever existed.