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Originally Posted by Locobot
What makes you think that the scientific method doesn't include ethical standards? Data culled from unethical sources is irrevocably flawed and would be a faulty starting point to continue any scientific endevour. If the subject is being maliciously harmed in the process of experimentation how could you possibly hope to gain useful information?
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I don't follow. How is data culled from unethical sources irrevocably flawed? Let's use animal testing as an example. Obviously, many people feel animal testing, even for potentially life saving medical procedures, is unethical. Despite this fact, valuable scientific information is gleaned from the arguably(but not by me) unethical practice of animal testing every day. The fact that the experiment doesn't pass the ethical smell test for some people doesn't render the resulting data flawed or useless.