It's not pointless. Once the technology is perfected, it should eventually become cheaper to grow lab meat than to grow actual animals.
Also, there are plenty of people that like meat, but don't eat it due to ethical concerns - so there is a market for it even if it is more expensive.
This would also be useful in situations like having fresh meat on Mars, or further out, where having actual animals would be prohibitively expensive in comparison.
I think it's fairly unimaginative and naive to call research into new technologies 'pointless'. Are you just angry because some vegans are annoying, so now you hate the idea of anything that could possibly further a vegan cause?
It's weird you got modded down for that comment.
That being said, the article you linked has already been updated to say there isn't going to be a price rise on the Switch 2:
Update: After a shocking report made headlines yesterday suggesting an inbound price hike on Switch 2, the DFC Intelligence firm via Forbes is clarifying its statement further – there perhaps won’t be a price jump at retail after all:
Apologies for the misunderstanding created on our part by not clarifying the reference to a 20% hardware price increase over the next two years applied to the hardware side in general and not just the Switch.
In the case of the Switch 2, we believe much of the 20% increase was already baked into the $450 price. It is not likely Nintendo will raise the price, and if they do, we don’t expect it to be 20%. Also much of that increase is in the form of NOT discounting prices. So not necessarily a price increase but where we model a 20% price decrease in the next year or so we have the prices holding steady.
I don't own any Apple devices at all*, but had to use a Macbook at work. I quickly learnt to appreciate the ability to switch between apps and the ability to switch between windows within the same app. It is better IMO.
Reciprocal snark: Apple haters will always attack the Apple way of doing things, even if it's superior in every way to everything out there.
* I do own an Apple II, but I haven't used it for a while.
I am not a lawyer, and I'm not American, but probably breach of contract and/or negligent investigation and/or negligent infliction of emotional distress, and a bunch of other things.
Yale is currently being sued for suspending someone accused of cheating on their exam: https://yaledailynews.com/blog...
In 2006, someone successfully sued Duke University for suspending them based of a false rape allegation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
I'm not going to continue Googling at this point.
But seeing as America has justice for the rich (like most countries) the equation is Yale's richness > Helyeh's richness, so I don't value her chance at success.
The explanation requiring the fewest assumptions is the most likely to be correct. -- William of Occam
