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Familiarity dissolves new-food resistance

Human wariness of new foods is evolutionary programming, but consumer surveys show 35 to over 70 percent already say they're happy to eat lab-grown meat, and like the COVID vaccine hesitancy curve that dropped sharply once people knew friends who got vaccinated, familiarity through friends trying the product will rapidly dissolve resistance.

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Speaker

Liz Specht

Evidence Quote

people may say they have reservations about something just because it's new and unfamiliar but as soon as you you know know a friend who went to a restaurant and was able to try this really cool new product i think a lot of that evaporates right away

Source

244 - Food Climate And Pandemic RiskMaking Sense with Sam Harris
Created: 6/14/2026, 2:36:58 AM

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