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Wow. Very insightful, 'scientists' of Imperial Japan. (media.piefed.social)
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[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 months ago

And even if we imagine that the "research" wasn't just torture for the sake of torture, how much value could the results possibly have?

Yeah great we know precisely what happens when you do horrible gruesome things to someone who is awake and fully aware of it, this will be of great use in our quest to decrease suffering in the world! I sure am glad we didn't waste our time doing research on how to cure depression!