We Can Stop Doing Science Now Because They're Running Cheese Through a 3D Printer

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schimkom
Mar 20, 2017 12:30 PM EDT

The seemingly endless pursuit of studying the natural world in hopes of understanding the world in a more meaningful way has come to an end. Irish researches have poured cheese into a 3D printer to make cool shapes, and, well, what's really the point anymore. 

At the University College, Cork in Ireland, scientists have poured processed cheese into a 3D printer, so they could make cool designs with it or something. Honestly, I have no idea what the purpose of this experiment was or whether it was successful, but there are now gifs like this:

Why does this exist? I'm not sure, and people on Twitter don't really get it either. 

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    Some think this has been done before.

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    Other people wondered why this existed at all.

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    There were some surprises.

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    Others didn't care what it was as long as it was cheese.

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