There are procedures in place for experimenting on humans. And the biologies of people and animals are orthogonal! Much of this will be simulated soon
On 11/17/08, Trent Waddington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 7:44 AM, Matt Mahoney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I mean that people are free to decide if others feel pain. For example, a >> scientist may decide that a mouse does not feel pain when it is stuck in >> the eye with a needle (the standard way to draw blood) even though it >> squirms just like a human would. It is surprisingly easy to modify one's >> ethics to feel this way, as proven by the Milgram experiments and Nazi war >> crime trials. > > I'm sure you're not meaning to suggest that scientists commonly > rationalize in this way, nor that they are all Nazi war criminals for > experimenting on animals. > > I feel the need to remind people that "animal rights" is a fringe > movement that does not represent the views of the majority. We > experiment on animals because the benefits, to humans, are considered > worthwhile. > > Trent > > > ------------------------------------------- > agi > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ > Modify Your Subscription: > https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=120640061-aded06 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
