Am I to take it that by "unfortunate things happened to a limited number of subjects" he is referring to every single one of the animals in the trials dying? I understand that he doesn't want to cause unnecessary despair or panic, but that is quite the gloss there.
We've all been lied to so much and for so long; perhaps it's high time to just stop all this lying (for your own good, of course) and let people just decide how they will respond to the complex world around them. Some will surely sink into despair, while others will finally get riled up. Something tells me that continuing to lie to people (for their own good) will cause considerably more despair in the end than just coming clean with the truth. Getting treated like an independent adult really has some astonishing therapeutic effects.
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Re: More IM Doc
Date: 2023-01-11 03:55 am (UTC)We've all been lied to so much and for so long; perhaps it's high time to just stop all this lying (for your own good, of course) and let people just decide how they will respond to the complex world around them. Some will surely sink into despair, while others will finally get riled up. Something tells me that continuing to lie to people (for their own good) will cause considerably more despair in the end than just coming clean with the truth. Getting treated like an independent adult really has some astonishing therapeutic effects.
— Christophe