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[–] QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works 11 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

asking with no experience in this field, what about those 50+ year old glass jars with worms and plants and stuff in them? Do those not count for some reason?

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

They work, but there are no humans inside them.

[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

biologically, humans aren't that special. if you can reliably sustain insects in an ecosystem, it's not that big of a jump to feed humans as well.