The public reception to in vitro meat seems to be mixed, with some very excited, some disgusted, and some confused. One of the main motivations for making this blog post was due to the wild amount of misinformation I read in comment sections on Reddit and Facebook whenever an article on this topic is discussed (Figure 15).  It's depressing.  It's clear that distrust of science in America irrationally proceeds to grow with President Trump's cabinet serving as exhibit A.  The long battle with the public's perception of genetically modified food products doesn't help either. Many people already have their minds made up on any form of modified foods as they seek out unprofessional opinions to validate their own confirmation biases while disregarding the opinions of those who have dedicated their lives to becoming experts in a field. The urge to appeal to nature has proven to be hard to overcome in the past.