Iam not sspecifically talking about this example and I am not trying to imply this tissue has any sort of consciousness but if "foundational research" means "man made horrors beyond my comprehension" maybe we need to find another way, and if we cannot, maybe we just shouldn't torture conscious beings in the name of science and progress.
As you're well aware, no telescope on Earth can see the leftover descent stages of the Apollo Lunar Modules or anything else Apollo-related. Not even the Hubble Space Telescope can discern evidence of the Apollo landings. The laws of optics define its limits.
Social views that are based on "others" and tacitly exclude oneself are dangerous. If you can see the flaws of tribalism and capable of imagining what the right thing to do is, so is everyone else. It will take time, sure. It might take dacades, or even centuries, but defeatism and attributing all negative qualities of humanity to some "others" who just are incapable of thinking for themselves won't help anyone. Culture is intergenerational accumulation of knowledge and it can change. It did change. It shapes human activity more than biology in many situations. And it evolves way faster than biology. This is not a dig at you. All I am trying to say is, if you can see the wrong and imagine the right, there are definitely many others like you, and we can change things. Not you and me specifically maybe (but also maybe you and me) but all the people with a conscience, in time.
Morrowind was my favorite. I couldn't play Oblivion for more than an hour and I have tried multiple times over the years. Something about that game just bores me to death. Skyrim was good though, after getting some used to.
Iam not sspecifically talking about this example and I am not trying to imply this tissue has any sort of consciousness but if "foundational research" means "man made horrors beyond my comprehension" maybe we need to find another way, and if we cannot, maybe we just shouldn't torture conscious beings in the name of science and progress.