Cannibalism Is Bad for Your Health, Scientists Find

[LazyLion]

WARSAW, July 1 (Reuters) - Cannibalism became taboo in human societies not out of instinctive aversion but because it is ⁠harmful to populations who practise it, scientists from Poland and the Czech Republic have found.

Michal Misiak of the ⁠University of Wroclaw and Petr Turecek of Charles University in Prague used a mathematical model ⁠to show that the long-term practice ‌of cannibalism can lead to population collapse by causing illnesses in those who eat other people.

"We looked at the human body as a potential source of food, analysing both energy gains and hidden costs," Misiak said in a statement released on ‌Wednesday by Wroclaw University.

Cannibalism Is Bad for Your Health, Scientists Find

Cannibalism became taboo in human societies not out of instinctive aversion but because it is ⁠harmful to populations who practise it, scientists from Poland and the Czech...

www.medscape.com

 

[rustypup]

Lies

Soylent Green is best soylent

 

[LazyLion]

"From a caloric perspective, a person turns out to be ‌an average meal ... The key problem, ‌however, lies elsewhere: the risk of infection. Pathogens have an easier task because they end up in ⁠an organism with almost identical physiology."

You should only eat gym bunnies

 

[ISP cash cow]

Michal Misiak of the ⁠University of Wroclaw and Petr Turecek of Charles University in Prague used a mathematical model ⁠to show that the long-term practice ‌of cannibalism can lead to population collapse by causing illnesses in those who eat other people.

yeah I think eating people would lead to population collapse anyway

 

[Brian_G]

Sounds similar to why we don't make kids with our sisters..

 

[ShaunSA]

But I like my meat alive and kicking!

 

[RaptorSA]

Sounds similar to why we don't make kids with our sisters..

Not for lack of trying.

 

[B-1]

yeah I think eating people would lead to population collapse anyway

Not if you only eat old people. Meat is a bit tough but you dont limit your herd growth.

 

[HAL 9000]

 

[WAslayer]

yeah I think eating people would lead to population collapse anyway

AI says (based on current 8.3 billion population):

The last remaining human would survive for approximately 4 years (1 473 days) under a purely mathematical model of total cannibalism.

 

[Brian_G]

But I like my meat alive and kicking!

 

[WAslayer]

But I like my meat alive and thrusting!

FTFY

 

[Lupus]

They preferred pork, not long pork

 

[Smiggles]

Lol tell it to the survivors of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571.

 

[EmmanuelGoldstein]

Smells like fish, tastes like chicken.
Idi Amin had a fondness for hardcore though

 

[ShaunSA]

FTFY

Go on then. Show me your thrusting skills

 

[Snotface]

Humans. The other white meat.

 

[ShaunSA]

Smells like fish, tastes like chicken.
Idi Amin had a fondness for hardcore though

Aren't the world's politicians and celebrities also indulging in a nibble here and there?

 

[EmmanuelGoldstein]

Aren't the world's politicians and celebrities also indulging in a nibble here and there?

Well, to be honest I suspect ole Zuma does like crispy roasted ear lobes.

 

[Brian_G]

Aren't the world's politicians and celebrities also indulging in a nibble here and there?

Just the reptilian leaders