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Re:Musk’s Neuralink faces federal probe, employee backlash o... by memish on Monday December 05, 2022 @08:25PM (#33874656)
The state also spends tax payer money on things like this:

According to documents obtained via a Freedom of Information Act request by taxpayer watchdog group White Coat Waste Project, and subsequent media coverage, from October 2018 until February 2019, NIAID spent $1.68 million in taxpayer funds on drug tests involving 44 beagle puppies. The dogs were all between six and eight months old. The commissioned tests involved injecting and force-feeding the puppies an experimental drug for several weeks, before killing and dissecting them. https://mace.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-mace-leads-l...

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Re:Musk’s Neuralink faces federal probe, employee backlash o... by c4ptnjack on Tuesday December 06, 2022 @03:30AM (#33877145)
How else would we test an experimental drug and what makes that bad or cruel?

And the phrase "injecting and force-feeding the puppies an experimental drug for several weeks, before killing and dissecting them" is beyond sensationalizing. You could describe plenty of high school science experiments and Medical Doctor training the same way lol.

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