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[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Unfortunately this is rather tame compared to the fucked up shit we put cute little ratties through in the name of science.

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.cafe 6 points 1 day ago

I know… :(.

I’m sure some of it is worthwhile. But knowing a couple applied researchers who work in animal labs, according to them a large amount of what is done is absolutely useless and only serves to get out a new useless product TM or publish a paper that looks good.