I’m a bit confused. The quote in the story from them says they are concerned over discrepancies between the results in different phases of the study, not discrepancies with their beliefs. That is a legitimate concern. Yet the rest of your article doesn’t mention that at all, and instead harps on the fact that it…

Yes, they’re sentient. But so tasty!

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