Originally Posted by Hammer1
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Have come into this conversation late.

Has anyone counted the number of petri dishes required for this experiment and figured out who paid for them ?

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It's a university study.

Here' how much they cost: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...IKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0DA8P9VPGPT6ZZ0FFCXG

That's about the cost of one Whopper per day of the experiment. Grad students carry out the day to day activities for professors for school credit.