Re:Drug 'reverses' ageing in animal tests
by YeGoblynQueenne on Friday March 24, 2017 @05:57AM
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>> At least if someone dies taking this stuff, we learn a lot.
The expectation of course is that someone else will die. From my experience, very few people [edit: who know what they're doing] are willing to actually kill themselves for science, or, say, endanger their children on the off chance it would "benefit society tremendously".
That's just not morally tenable, if I may be so bold. If there is some sort of benefit to be had, society will benefit in the long run and it doesn't make any difference if the benefits come right now or in a couple of generations. Dropping safety procedures is only ever going to benefit individuals- and probably not the ones who willingly (and foolishly) step up to be human guniea pigs for unregulated "trials".
The expectation of course is that someone else will die. From my experience, very few people [edit: who know what they're doing] are willing to actually kill themselves for science, or, say, endanger their children on the off chance it would "benefit society tremendously".
That's just not morally tenable, if I may be so bold. If there is some sort of benefit to be had, society will benefit in the long run and it doesn't make any difference if the benefits come right now or in a couple of generations. Dropping safety procedures is only ever going to benefit individuals- and probably not the ones who willingly (and foolishly) step up to be human guniea pigs for unregulated "trials".