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Getting technical

Participants of experiments die for all sorts of reasons, many of which go undetected because the information collected is coming from very one sided lens. The observations are only regarding one overarching aspect of the reaction from the stimulus. But the fact of the matter is that living creatures don’t die from just one cause let alone the same specified cause as everyone else found in a so called “controlled group”, no matter how fixed the environment may seem. The body is tremendously complex and different from one human being to the next, where the simultaneity of interactions and reactions inside and out never ceases to exist. Despite this major technicality when coming to general conclusions that fail to take into consideration every possible interaction that can occur, every single side effect the stimulus might evoke, and these experimentations are necessary evils. The thing is that the risks scientists go through everyday when faithfully declaring to the world the latest breakthrough is the only way for us to really verify the credibility of the set claim. It’s important to put the word out there to see if this story of observation holds true on a worldly level. And that I must say again ties back to the great thing about science; it is constantly open to change and additional information. Science is ever-changing, there are always delayed reactions or results found later effected by the original stimulus. New receptors and detectors being either used or made give rise to an unbounded number of possible secondary responses and therefore unlimited believable stories.

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