Well, if in a year, it hasn't gone horribly wrong, then he's produced something people can eat for a year without great ill effect. Someone will eat this for a year, so we will find out.

Most of it's demo will eat it about 50% of the time, eating conventional instant meals and restaurant foods the rest. If it's healthier, or at least different from 'mostly eating microwave lasagne', it should improve their health.

Also, I see it as a great way to control calories. I don't have a weight problem, but most people I do just eat huge portions and snacks. Measuring out powder will help them.

But that's if the guy who eats it all year doesn't lose a kidney month number 9 because they added too much Vitamin A and call his lawyer.

> Well, if in a year, it hasn't gone horribly wrong, then he's produced something people can eat for a year without great ill effect.

No, he's produced something people can eat for a year without great ill effect in that year.

You can very likely smoke cigarettes for a year without ill effect. That tells you next to nothing about its long-term effects.

Sorry, are there any carcinogens in Soylent? Ah, didn't think so.

"Also, I see it as a great way to control calories. I don't have a weight problem, but most people I do just eat huge portions and snasck. Measuring out powder will help them."

Most people eat huge portions and snacks for the physical pleasure the underlying food brings, not because they rationally think "I need huge portions to get my minimum daily intake of carbs/fats/vitamins".

Thinking that people with a weight problem will switch to a flavorless white goop it's just not realistic.