At Musk’s brain-chip startup, animal-testing panel is rife with conflicts

Re:At Musk’s brain-chip startup, animal-testing panel is rif... by wildzzz on Friday May 05, 2023 @10:33PM (#35837409)

Experimenting on animals that cannot give informed consent is ok but not when there's a human involved? Arguably, I don't think that humans should get paid for what is essentially an elective surgery experiment when there's a real possibility of death. It should be completely volunteered and compensation should come in the form of a hospital bed, meals, and post-op care.

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Re:At Musk’s brain-chip startup, animal-testing panel is rif... by xorbax on Saturday May 06, 2023 @03:04PM (#35844381)

Jesus.

So the researchers "benefiting" should keep the volunteers alive, but actual compensation for time and suffering is somehow dismissable?

I think the people who say animals are sentient beings deserving of respect are less horrible

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Re:At Musk’s brain-chip startup, animal-testing panel is rif... by Dylan16807 on Saturday May 06, 2023 @06:14PM (#35845807)

The same thing happens with organ donations. And sex work, sometimes.

As a society, there are things we don't want people to be coerced into via need for money. Trying hard enough to avoid that coercion gets in the way of fair compensation for those things.

If you can solve that problem (and not by just saying "universal basic income" very loudly) they'll probably give you the Nobel for economics.

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