Three months ago, there was a post on HN about Neuralink's treatment of animals. I mentioned that I struggled with the idea of animal testing and meat eating, generally. [1] I was surprised by the lack of empathy for the sentiment. Most were arguments for the necessity of the practice, but I don't think many of the people arguing for the necessity of animal testing could handle being the animal technician. As this article shows, even people in the field struggle with it. I'm not sure it creates a more compassionate society to outsource your industry's cruelty.