How Neuralink Keeps Dead Monkey Photos Secret::Elon Musk’s brain-chip startup conducted years of tests at UC Davis, a public university. A WIRED investigation reveals how Neuralink and the university keep the grisly images of test subjects hidden.

  • The Snark Urge
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    249 months ago

    There’s no good way to deal with rich malignant narcissists that involves letting them stay rich, maybe

    • @cricket97
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      -89 months ago

      do you think elon musk is personally torturing monkeys for fun? this is a neurotechnology company, there will always be animal testing in this industry.

      • @Mirshe
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        29 months ago

        The issue is that they went to great lengths to cover up how many animals died in their testing, had no plans for long-term care after the testing that anyone can find or produce, and generally acted flagrantly against most every guideline of ethical animal testing in the civilized world.

        • @cricket97
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          09 months ago

          Now lemmy is an expert on the ethics of animal testing. interesting.

      • The Snark Urge
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        29 months ago

        If you pay someone to do harm, it’s still commonly considered that you have caused that harm. I don’t see how this differs in real moral terms.

        And I don’t care whether it’s legal, that has never been a moral basis for anything.

        • @cricket97
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          -19 months ago

          Are you aware how many medical breakthroughs have occurred because of animal testing? From cancer treatments, to HIV drugs, to vaccines, all would not be possible without testing on animals.