You must admit though, labelling the entire gastronomic aesthetic as &quot;taste&quot; is almost deceptive in its ability to downplay the level to which this drives human experience and motivation.<p>You might as well say that the only reason we have sex is because it feels good, and while celibacy is a great policy for self mortification and moral self-superiority over the common man, it has about as much realistic place as a policy for how we should manage community sexual mores as does vegetarianism or veganism does in a discussion on meat.<p>Indeed, the phrase &quot;spice of life&quot; makes inherent reference to the importance of taste, and I do not think a world without such as a prime accessible experience is a world most want to live in.