And, to be clear, this was a study on congestion in the subway systems.
Why would they phrase it like that?
So it is used as a term of respect for the animals killed to further science. A way to remind ourselves that we should not be taking their lives without purpose.
A long time ago I was a lab assistant and remember feeling very bad about a series of experiments that were in my view poorly planned and largely pointless. We sacrificed those rats, I personally euthanized them, and I think it is good to be reminded that they are living creatures.
Statue honoring lab mice
I feel like that statue should look like a real mouse, not a human mouse. Like imagine if a huge species used us as lab testing animals and built a statue of us to honor our sacrifice. But it just looks like one of them, only cartoonishly like a human. You wouldn’t like it or feel appreciated. I think if we really did admire the animal we would build a statue of one that actually looks like it.
In the contrary you could argue, that humanizing them makes it easier to emotionally connect for humans. If that was the intention of the statue it works better that way. But I agree: if the statue would purely be for honoring the mice, it would be more appropriate to look like a real mouse.
it’s a ritual.
Why do you need control groups in a ritual?
i see you have never been a cult leader
I’ve been involved in a number of cults, both as a leader and a follower. You have more fun as a follower, but you make more money as a leader.
To see if the ritual worked! How many times do we just pray and pray blindly? I mean, I don’t, but if I were to pray I’d sacrifice some rats to track my progress.
Clearly you have never tried to correctly interpret the writings of cthulu.
Hum… The ritual rules require it. If you don’t have control groups you will be labeled as heretical and people will exile you from the cult.
To please the science God’s.
The science God’s what?
How would you rather it be worded?
Apply the Ned Fladers rule. Call them
euthanize-a-reenos
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