• GameGod@lemmy.ca
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    10 days ago

    How is that fear unfounded when a politician can snap their fingers and target your research with this populist bullshit? There already is a process to ensure this research is justified. We shouldn’t allow political interference in science. It sets a horrible precedent and opens the door for worse. Ford’s actions undermine public trust in science, which is terrible (look south of the border).

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      10 days ago

      Giving beagle puppies 3 hr heart attacks and then killing them gives science a bad name.

      If you’re going to do animal research you should be prepared to openly explain why it’s necessary.

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        5 days ago

        That’s a terrible way to do it because you and me and 99.999% of the population are not qualified to make the decision about that and understand the very difficult but ethical rationale behind it.

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          5 days ago

          If you can’t explain why you need to be a monster then you don’t get to be a monster.

          Slaughter house workers keep doing their job perfectly fine, there’s zero excuse for scientists to get to torture animals and then patronizingly pat the public on the hand and say ‘youre too naiive to understand’.