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Re:Hunger Is a Gatekeeper of Pain in the Brain by nordsieck on Tuesday April 24, 2018 @08:41PM (#16917904)
> why does human experimentation happen ever?

There are a lot of drugs that pass animal testing only to fail human testing. Ethics review boards are a pretty good, but imperfect way to moderate the harm of human experimentation.

> hierarchies like that are almost totally arbitrary

This hierarchy corresponds roughly to some mix of genetic, morphological and behavioral similarity. It's obviously not arbitrary.

> like anything about a culture

lol

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Re:Hunger Is a Gatekeeper of Pain in the Brain by komali2 on Tuesday April 24, 2018 @09:22PM (#16918044)
You seem to be amused by my assertion that culture traits like this are arbitrary. I'm guessing you also believe in universal morality.

Anthropologists that argue against universal morality are used to being derised and mocked, but I don't mind being a punching bag - please, feel free to present your evidence that the hierarchy of care is the result of perceived similarities, and how this must apply rigidly and universally across all cultures. That, for example, there was never a culture in all of human history that placed a less-human-appearing animal's value over a more-human-appearing animal... or even over other humans.

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