Chapter 1290 Mr. Oak: Is it too late for me to kneel now?
"Overview of Animal Experiments..."
"Experimental animals have made huge sacrifices for human health. Therefore, experimental animals must be used scientifically, reasonably, and humanely..."
Elder Fahim picked up the manuscript paper that Gretel had written (ghosted by the oak staff), and frowned after reading only the first page:
"Little Gretel, do you think you should change the word 'human' here to 'elf'?"
Alas, the little guy's self-identity is still that of a human being, not an elf, or even a half-elf.
This kind of problem can only be calmed down slowly. He has grown up in the human world for more than 20 years and has lived with the elves for less than a year. There is not enough time for him to be subtle.
If these manuscripts were not to be shown to the elves, the elder would not ask him to modify them.
"Ah? Oh?"
Grete opened his eyes and stood up. Oh no, no, it was so easy to copy the book that he continued copying without even thinking...
Turn over one page, then turn over another page. Oh wow, it’s over, the word “human” is distributed on about ten pages, more than thirty places in total.
In other words, if you want to modify it, you have to let the oak stick copy it again - and bear the risk of being hit on the head by an acorn;
Either smear and smear, and then [scribe] the copied part will inevitably have traces of smearing;
Or, you have to hand-copy it yourself... about ten pages of hand-copied paper...
I don’t want it!!!
Why is there no ctrl+f and ctrl+h in this world?
Elder Fahim waited worriedly, watching the expression on Grete's face change, his brows frowning more and more, and he couldn't help but secretly think about how to persuade him - or how to coax him.
Before he finished thinking, Grete raised his eyes and his whole face fell:
"Sorry, I'll change it... wait a moment... wait until I finish writing the whole article... ah, it's so troublesome to copy it again..."
Elder Fahim turned his head silently. He endured it, endured it again, but still couldn't bear it:
"No need to go to such trouble... I will teach you a little trick later. You can replace it directly on the paper without leaving any trace..."
You're a level 13 mage, how come you don't even know the little tricks of mage tricks?
Alas, if you advance too quickly and your foundation is unstable, there will be troubles in the future...
Gretel immersed himself in writing for two full nights and finally handed over a thick stack of "Ethics and Experimental Methods of Animal Experiments".
Elder Fahim took it to Elder Green. The two elders looked at it carefully and looked at each other. Elder Green sighed:
"In any case, his theory is completely convincing to himself. As long as he firmly believes in these, there will be no problem.
As for nature... From the perspective of nature, eating rabbit meat, skinning rabbit fur to make clothes, and doing various experiments with rabbits are probably, maybe, completely the same thing?"
"Although I have become a legend, I still dare not say that I can definitely understand the will of nature." Elder Fahim said solemnly:
"However, the little guy and I have stayed at the forward outpost for so long. Although he will kill animals and dissect animals in experiments, he will never kill indiscriminately, let alone take pleasure in killing.
I think that nature’s love for him will not be just because he extinguished the flame of the secret realm.”
Elder Green was silent. For a long time, he picked up the manual and began to read it carefully for the second and third time.
The second time, my brows furrowed into a knot the size of an acorn; the third time, the acorn suddenly expanded and became the size of a walnut...
"Kusa's experimental plan is too rough." He sighed and put the manual aside:
"Look at this person, look at this person! Alas..."
"Then...are you going to let him redraft the experimental plan?" Elder Fahim asked with concern. Elder Green was silent for a long time and shook his head slightly:
"Let him decide for himself. This is a pass. If he can pass it, he may be able to go further. If he cannot pass it, that's it. He has to make this decision by himself, and I can't interfere."
When Kusa Oak got this guide, he felt bad. He locked himself in his study and read it from beginning to end once, twice, three times, five times...
The more I looked at it, the more wilted it became, like an oak tree that had been exposed to the sun for six months and was swept away by a snowstorm.
"Hey Kusa, what's wrong with you?"
The door opened with a creak. The visitor looked at Kusa Oak's frosty bark-like face and was shocked:
"The elder scolded you? You are not allowed to lead a research team? - Hey, are you injured?"
Saying that, he stepped forward and reached out to touch his forehead. Kusa Oak raised the guide in his hand, separated it from the visitor's palm, and said in a hoarse voice:
"look."
"What is this? Uh...the three principles of animal experimentation...replacement, reduction, optimization...where did this thing come from? Shiloh didn't find it a few days ago!"
As he spoke, he read ten lines at a time. The slower he read, the slower he read, and the more he read, the more silent he became.
Kusa Oak waited for him to see the last page and said tiredly:
"That Master Nordmark... wrote the ethics and methods of animal experimentation. The teacher spent a lot of money to get it for me."
The visitor lowered his head and muttered something, as if he was saying, "It's good to have a legend as a mentor." After finishing muttering, he turned to the front and continued reading:
"Tsk tsk, tsk tsk, tsk tsk tsk tsk... No wonder Nature doesn't reject him! If I believe this theory, Nature certainly doesn't reject me either!"
"The question is, can you do it? Can we...can it?" Kusa Oak's voice became deeper and deeper, as if he was immersed in a deep swamp:
"Look at the following requirements...replacement, reduction, optimization...each requirement has seven or eight or more than a dozen details, as well as corresponding methods...
When we start animal experiments, can we really ask ourselves and swear to nature, are we doing the best we can?"
A set of complete and self-consistent theories, and a set of interlocking and effective methods. How can it be so easy for an inexperienced experimenter to make it watertight immediately?
"I'm afraid I can't do it."
"I also."
"I also……"
In silence, members of the experimental group walked into the room one by one, took pictures of [Scribe] one by one, and took copies one by one to look at.
Then, the awkward silence expanded in circles in the study room until it enveloped all the team members.
"Are we... still going to do the next experiment?"
Herini's face was dim and her voice was trembling:
"If I still do it, if I can't make sure everything is perfect...I, I can't go on...I can't convince myself to give medicine to those rabbits..."
"Me too……"
"Me too……"
If you don’t know that there is such a theory in the world, forget it. If you know that there is such a theory and don’t do your best when designing experiments, how can you face the torture of nature?
It is easy to deceive others, but it is difficult to deceive oneself; it is easy to deceive oneself, but it is difficult to deceive God!
"But if we don't do it... let alone losing to him, if we admit defeat... so many animals have been sacrificed in vain..."
Little voices came and went one after another. I wanted to argue, but I didn't dare to argue. I didn't dare to argue, but I just couldn't bear to say it.
Kusa Oak sat stiffly behind his desk, bowing his head in silence in the face of the arguments and doubts of his companions. From head to toe, he seemed to have really turned into an oak tree.
It took a long time before his dry voice rang out from the crowd:
"Actually, I was thinking...is it still too late to admit defeat now and ask for the guidance of Master Nordmark to incorporate all our resources into his experimental group?"
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