• gibmiser@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      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

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        7 months ago

        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.

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          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.

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            7 months ago

            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.

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          7 months ago

          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.

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          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.