tedthetalk:

Basically my whole (very basic) research class was the professors beating us over the head going DO NOT STRESS YOUR SUBJECTS. DO NOT STRESS YOUR SUBJECTS. HERES HOW EVERY KIND OF CAGE AND FACILITY AND IDENTIFICATION METHOD IS DESIGNED TO KEEP THE ANIMALS AS HEALTHY AND CALM AS POSSIBLE. IF YOU DONT DO THIS YOUR DATA IS GARBAGE. so if your evil mad scientist has the meat grinder right next to the sleeping quarters while claiming to be doing things for Science™ I’m going to call them a moron

we cannot do any valid science unless we can study non-stressed subjects

(it is theoretically possible that non-stressed humans might exist)

(but this is unproven)

(because we cannot do any valid science on humans)

(due to them all being stressed)