[awalton]

Soylent claims to have every dietary macro-nutrient necessary for maintaining life. And it's pretty simple to look at it and say, "yep." It meets that claim perfectly as we understand macro-nutrients.

The problem is, there may be more to us than just "add macronutrients." We might need things like micro and nanonutrients. We might need variations in the kinds of proteins. The bacteria in stuff we eat might be the key to keeping us healthy in the long term. But how are we ever to know any of this unless someone studies it?

That, in absolutely NO WAY, should be misconstrued with homeopathy, which is absolutely bullshit about water "remembering" molecules that used to be in it.