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> This tone is really harsh, animals dying to push science forward is still common today That doesn't really change anything. > Laika got to be remembered, wh
by PhasmaFelis 4y ago
> This tone is really harsh, animals dying to push science forward is still common today
That doesn't really change anything.
> Laika got to be remembered, which his already much more than can be said of most test subjects
I doubt that was much comfort to her.
- psychphysic 4y agoShe's a dog. She wasn't capable of being comforted (or worried) by abstract concepts in the way humans can. She wouldn't understand what it means to live or die for something. Still being the first mammal in Earth orbit is wild. Man's best friend indeed!
- PhasmaFelis 4y ago> She's a dog. She wasn't capable of being comforted (or worried) by abstract concepts in the way humans can. That was my point, yes.