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Pablo_Stafforini comments on Mike Darwin on animal research, moral cowardice, and reasoning in an uncaring universe - Less Wrong Discussion

23 Post author: Synaptic 25 August 2012 04:38PM

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Comment author: Pablo_Stafforini 25 August 2012 06:45:40PM *  12 points [-]

Good point. "Behavioral despair" is often deliberately induced in rats for the purposes of testing the efficacy of antidepressants.