The 12 funniest reactions to Richard Dawkins talking about “eating human meat”

We’re beginning to think Richard Dawkins might be trolling Twitter now, having mused on the efficacy of eugenics for humans on Sunday, he waited a couple of days to say this:

Human steak could of course be cultured. Would you eat it? I wouldn’t, but it’s hard to say why. It would be cultured from a single nameable person. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall served human placenta, also clone of 1 person, in this case the baby. I wouldn’t eat that either.

— Richard Dawkins (@RichardDawkins) February 18, 2020

And some people thought Greggs’ vegan sausage roll was outrageous. There was, inevitably, a huge reaction to the tweet.

1.

feel like this is the year richard dawkins finally hunts me for sport on his fog-enshrouded island

— Anthony Oliveira (@meakoopa) February 18, 2020

2.

I like how there's a slight inference here that the first person Dawkins would like to clone themselves as a human steak is Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. And, to be fair, a Hugh Steak would be an ethical, high-quality meat. https://t.co/1D0n1Bivty

— Caitlin Moran (@caitlinmoran) February 18, 2020

3.

How did Richard Dawkins go from one the best science communicators about evolutionary biology, to a sixth former trying pot for the first time?

— John Walker Definitely Is (@botherer) February 18, 2020

4.

NO ONE:

LITERALLY NOBODY:

DAWKINS: BUT IF YOUR MOM IS POST MENOPAUSAL IS HAVING SEX WITH HER THAT BAD? I WOULDN'T DO IT, BUT MY MUM'S NOT HOT https://t.co/OiMy6wbd41

— Dr RollerGator PhD (@drrollergator) February 18, 2020

5.

What if it was honey-glazed? pic.twitter.com/qF56v56voJ

— Mark Gillies (@5goalthriller) February 18, 2020

6.

I see Richard Dawkins has moved on from hot takes on eugenics to hot takes on cannibalism. What strides he has made

— Frances Weetman (@francesweetman) February 18, 2020