# Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should

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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
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> [@Richard\_Pearse](#):
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> Does this mean those with latent cannibal tendencies could have a medium rare human rump steak?

See short side discussion from two days ago commencing here and resuming a few posts later:

> [@Would you want to keep a bone surgically removed from your body?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-want-to-keep-a-bone-surgically-removed-from-your-body/981783/30):
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> Im getting two big chunks cut off my femurs at the end of April. Those should make some significant stock bones.

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