Unfortunately there is some research that should perhaps not be done. (Now that is a heracy to a scientist.) I know that advancing knowledge is all-important, but I am thinking of the unethical research of the likes of Mengele, and the moral dilemma posed by the seemingly useful results. Do you use the results obtained in such a disgusting way saying that the end justifies the means, or do you scrap them and start again?
Of course the research in question here is not so offensive, but it still poses tricky questions for the future that are not being fully explored.
Rede-So far I have steered clear of either condescension or sarcasm here. I like looking at the topics and often I have done further reading to help me understand what the heck you are all on about, which has to be good!
