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I recently started subscribing to a newsletter called SCIENCY DAILY, and in today's newsletter, there was a headline that said, quite inocuously, "Improving Your Diet May Not Help You Beat Stress," so I clicked on it and read, as I naturally tend to disagree.<br><br><br><br>
I immediately saw that this was a rat study. They fed groups of rats two different diets and then induced stress, and the way they induced stress was to separate the baby rats from their mothers, and then they did another horrifying test after that where they stranded the babies on platforms suspended above water.<br><br><br><br>
Here's the deal: If they understand that these "disposable" mammals bond so intimately with their mothers, how can they justify separating them? We wouldn't do this to human children. Why do we think we're better? It's true that scientific studies with rats yield results for medicine. I get that. But why do we think that our health is more important than the rats' well-being? Just because something is true doesn't mean we should do it. For instance, if I were to kill all the senior people at my work, I'd likely get promoted much more quickly. That doesn't mean that I should or would do such a thing.<br><br><br><br>
I guess it's a human nature thing. White man comes to America and kills off the natives of this land. Genocides occur all over the world, with one group trying to eliminate the other, saying that it's for the good of the dominating people.<br><br><br><br>
I don't know. I never understood the necessity of creating geographic boundaries (your land, my land), and I never felt that my species is superior to others just because my species has opposable thumbs/written language/ creates art/makes fire.<br><br><br><br>
Sorry for the rant. Needed to vent.<br><br><br><br>
By the way, the <i>improved</i> diet included more dairy. All those rats went through all that horror for something vegans have known for a long, long time.<br><br><br><br>
If you want to read the article, <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/07/060706175150.htm" target="_blank">here it is.</a>
I immediately saw that this was a rat study. They fed groups of rats two different diets and then induced stress, and the way they induced stress was to separate the baby rats from their mothers, and then they did another horrifying test after that where they stranded the babies on platforms suspended above water.<br><br><br><br>
Here's the deal: If they understand that these "disposable" mammals bond so intimately with their mothers, how can they justify separating them? We wouldn't do this to human children. Why do we think we're better? It's true that scientific studies with rats yield results for medicine. I get that. But why do we think that our health is more important than the rats' well-being? Just because something is true doesn't mean we should do it. For instance, if I were to kill all the senior people at my work, I'd likely get promoted much more quickly. That doesn't mean that I should or would do such a thing.<br><br><br><br>
I guess it's a human nature thing. White man comes to America and kills off the natives of this land. Genocides occur all over the world, with one group trying to eliminate the other, saying that it's for the good of the dominating people.<br><br><br><br>
I don't know. I never understood the necessity of creating geographic boundaries (your land, my land), and I never felt that my species is superior to others just because my species has opposable thumbs/written language/ creates art/makes fire.<br><br><br><br>
Sorry for the rant. Needed to vent.<br><br><br><br>
By the way, the <i>improved</i> diet included more dairy. All those rats went through all that horror for something vegans have known for a long, long time.<br><br><br><br>
If you want to read the article, <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/07/060706175150.htm" target="_blank">here it is.</a>
rofessor Pietro Croce<br><br><br><br>
