So this is already pretty grotesque on paper. We were really diligent about pain--you know, birds in pain don't sing, and give bad data in any case. But things frequently went badly.
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Anyway, that's the story of how I tortured and killed birds and burned god knows how much taxpayer money for a bit of knowledge with no appreciable gain in health or utility for humans. Sigh. Home. Drink. /fin
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yeah I mean I am miserable remembering but mostly I feel bad for the birds, you know? I dont know enough about factory farming to have a strong opinion--wife's view is that they're often more humane than alternatives--but I think people consume meat more directly than research,
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and so they have an easier time thinking about farm operation. Would be my guess anyway. :/ Anyway it's fucked up. We really are not developed enough in . . . I don't know. Something. To have this much power over others, but here we are.
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Research grants--are you in academia? Forgive me if I am / have been talking down, not my intent at all. Research grants are allocated pretty badly, and you know. If you're a PI, and your grant doesn't go through, you're basically out of work.
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And people go and train in laboratories, and learn a set of techniques that are often specific to a particular subfield. So, then maybe you get a tenure track job, you're working 100 hours/week, and if you don't get funding you're out of work and unemployable.
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Incentives for honesty about the potential for the practical applications of your work are . . . well, not substantial. :/
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