James D. Rose #2.

At the moment, the debate about "Do fish feel pain?" looks something like this:

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It's so childish that it's really made me re-think my relationship with science. I've always tried to use my own head, but this case has really proven that science is people: quirky, shitty, unreliable people with their own motives and oddities. They probably have these ideas sitting on the toilet.

We're silly little monkeys. Believe in us, but don't always trust us.