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minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·12 days agoWouldn’t that include the eventual patients as well, for new treatments? Like, there’s strong questions about specism here, but somebody is going to have to go first.
minus-squarePlebcouncilman@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 days agoWilling human beings are a better choice than unwilling animals. It’s not just speciesism since I don’t think speciesism is “bad” in the sense that it is inevitable, but rather that it is questionable how much results replicate across species.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days ago it is questionable how much results replicate across species. No, it is not. WTF…you think we should be inducing heart attacks in people and harvesting their organs? Other people, of course.
Wouldn’t that include the eventual patients as well, for new treatments?
Like, there’s strong questions about specism here, but somebody is going to have to go first.
Willing human beings are a better choice than unwilling animals. It’s not just speciesism since I don’t think speciesism is “bad” in the sense that it is inevitable, but rather that it is questionable how much results replicate across species.
No, it is not. WTF…you think we should be inducing heart attacks in people and harvesting their organs?
Other people, of course.