A Time-Lapse Movie Shot Inside the Brain

The life of the experimental animal, think about it. What are the limits of what can or should be done to a research subject in the 'interests of science'. How necessary is this approach, and how much more cruel is it than other ways of obtaining the same information.

I remember we were shown video of a living cow, with the skin and muscle removed to see the digestive tract in action. We weren't asked to do that in a lab, but we were asked to do vivisection of a grasshopper to observe some feature in vivo - one grasshopper for every two students in the course. (except me, I walked out). These animals suffered for nothing, IMHO.

There is a reason why vivisection is not generally ethically approved. It is cruel and unnecessary. In the hypothetical case that it is really necessary and there's no other way to find out something critically important, then it should never be done more than the one time. Ever. It's pretty obvious that this new gear is another form of vivisection. I don't find that trendy and exciting. It leaves me wondering if we've learned anything at all.