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Culture War Roundup for the week of January 22, 2024

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It also won't matter if the technology is any good. It'll be like light bulbs -- "Here, we have this perfect substitute which uses a lot less energy" (hands you flickering, over-large, buzzing, mercury-filled fluorescent emitting weirdly colored light). With meat it'll be "here's this disgusting slop in the vague shape of a steak... it's good enough, meat's banned".

And it was worth it. LED lights with good CRIs are better in every way that matters when compared to incandescents.

I think it's unfair to the Vegans to imagine that they want the quality of meat substitute to always remain slop, though given their purity politics I think it's only mildly uncharitable.

At any rate, they haven't won that culture war, just managed to carve out a niche from which they struggle to progress further, especially to the wider world that doesn't really give a shit about the conditions the chicken on their table lived in.

And it was worth it. LED lights with good CRIs are better in every way that matters when compared to incandescents.

If I believe that incandescents are "better" in a "way" that you believe does not matter, is it alright for me to own and operate one?

Sure. Why should I care?

And it was worth it. LED lights with good CRIs are better in every way that matters when compared to incandescents.

Incandescents were banned before LEDs were available (and most LEDs have terrible CRIs)

I am aware of that, hence the whole passage that followed after about barely passable slop not staying that way.

You didn't seem to address the "mist LEDs have terrible CRIs" part.

And LEDs with great CRIs are available for those who care. The overwhelming majority of people don't, at most they dislike overly cool lighting, which is even easier to solve.

The overwhelming majority of people don't, at most they dislike overly cool lighting, which is even easier to solve.

The reason many LEDs, especially older ones, are overly cool is because it's easier to make an LED with less-awful CRI if you pump the color temperature up to 5000K+. There's a tradeoff.