First Ever Public Tasting of Lab-Grown Cultured Beef Burger

vikingpower writes "Today, at 14:00 Western European Time (9:00 am Eastern), Professor Mark Post of Maastricht University (the Netherlands) will present a world first: he will cook and serve a burger made from Cultured Beef in front of an invited audience in London. The event will include a brief explanation of the science behind the burger. You can watch the event live, online. The project's fact sheet is to be found here (pdf)." The BBC is reporting that Sergey Brin is the mystery backer behind the project.

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Re:Zealouts and Luddites

[AmiMoJo]

The anti-GM Luddites will go crazy because this is arguably the most anti-organic food on the planet.

You idiot. You don't have a fucking clue what anti-GM groups are about, do you? Morons like you always jump in and polarize the debate early on, making any kind of rational discussion impossible.

I'm anti-GM crops/animals but have no problem with this, since it has has nothing to do with any of the issues that concern me.

The vegetarians will celebrate because they get to eat 'meat' once more without killing animals.

You idiot. You don't have a fucking clue about what most vegetarians are about, do you?

Most people who don't eat meat do so because they don't like the taste, the texture, or for (often misguided) health reasons. I'm not a vegetarian but I don't eat whole tomatoes either because I find them icky.

Sorry if I sound frustrated but someone like you always poisons every debate with a straw man argument and it's pissing me off.