Researchers have the same incentives as the rest of the population
Researchers work for money, for prestige, ambition and a comfortable job that is white collar and ivory tower in nature.
They are detached from the suffering their work causes.
More importantly, I dont see researchers working for free or minimum wage. Most of their work is not even replicable for the sake of prestige or due to academic pressure. This implies the work is causing pain in animals for objectively their own career protection (selfish).
When we see researchers working for free, producing replicable work that actually adds to society (vs add to the bottom line for a pharma producting a marginal improvement drug) we will call their work altruistic or selfless.
Researchers have the same incentives as the rest of the population
Researchers work for money, for prestige, ambition and a comfortable job that is white collar and ivory tower in nature.
They are detached from the suffering their work causes.
More importantly, I dont see researchers working for free or minimum wage. Most of their work is not even replicable for the sake of prestige or due to academic pressure. This implies the work is causing pain in animals for objectively their own career protection (selfish).
When we see researchers working for free, producing replicable work that actually adds to society (vs add to the bottom line for a pharma producting a marginal improvement drug) we will call their work altruistic or selfless.