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1/27    I recall reading somewhere about an experiment where some organisms
        were put into a petri dish full of material they could not eat but
        which could be eaten by the same organism with a common mutation.
        The results were that a higher number than expected of that mutation
        then occured in the next generation.  Now, it seems to me this would
        be a pretty damn big deal if it was duplicated, so perhaps the fact
        that I have not heard about it again and am failing to find it
        through google probably means that it wasn't, but if anyone knows
        anything about this or can find any info, i'm curious.
        \_ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3286721.stm  -John
        \_ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3286721.stm  -John
        \_ It is as it was.  It is God's Will.
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A man accused of killing, dissecting and eating another man has gone on trial in central Germany. The court heard how horror films had fuelled Armin Meiwes childhood fantasies of eating school friends. The 41-year-old computer technician is charged with murder, even though the victim allegedly volunteered for his fate by replying to an internet advert. The gruesome incident was all captured on camcorder and the footage is expected to form part of the evidence. The fantasy first developed between the ages of eight and 12, he added. Mr Meiwes spoke of how he felt ignored by his father, and longed for a good-looking younger brother - whom he would bind to himself forever by consuming. Internet link It is Germanys first cannibalism case, and the worlds media have gathered in Kassel to watch the proceedings. Television images showed Mr Meiwes - wearing a jacket and a tie - smiling and talking light-heartedly to his lawyer moments before the trial began. It was the first time that the self-confessed cannibal had been seen in public since his arrest. The grisly details of the case caused a sensation in the German media when Mr Meiwes was arrested in December, 2002. In a recent newspaper interview he admitted that he had killed and then partly eaten his victim. Mr Meiwes advertised on the internet for a well-built male prepared to be slaughtered and then consumed. The victim, 43-year-old Bernd-Jurgen Brandes, answered the advert in March 2001. Mr Meiwes told investigators he took Mr Brandes back to his home in Rotenburg, where Mr Brandes agreed to have his penis cut off, which Mr Meiwes then flambed and served up to eat together. Prosecutors say Mr Meiwes then stabbed the victim repeatedly in the neck and dissected the corpse. Shock value Legally it is a tricky case, says the BBCs correspondent in Berlin, Ray Furlong. Cannibalism is not a recognised offence under German law and the defence will argue that, since the victim volunteered, this was no murder. If the court accepts the defence argument, Mr Meiwes can expect a jail term of up to five years. But the prosecution will push for a life sentence on the basis that Mr Meiwes is simply too dangerous ever to be released. Meanwhile, Germans will continue to be treated to a media frenzy that plays on the storys unrivalled shock value. And among the highlights will be the two-hour video that Mr Meiwes took of the whole incident on his camcorder, our correspondent says. The public probably wont be excluded from this part of proceedings; But the panel of judges will show only the relevant parts: what the victim is saying and doing before and during the killing. Mr Meiwes has said that after his trial he intends to pass the time in jail - if convicted - by writing his memoirs. The court will hear 38 witnesses and 14 sessions are scheduled in the trial, which is scheduled to end in late January. The case only came to light when an Austrian student spotted another advertisement placed by Mr Meiwes on the internet and alerted police.