> > The bigger point, though, is how good any of
>>that research was in the first place. From
>>what I've heard, Nazi eugenicists weren't
>>exactly greatly methodical researchers. They
>>were more akin to haphazard butchers. In that
>>case, their "research" probably isn't much good
>>anyway.
>
> Some of the "medical research" topics carried
>out by Mengele and his laboratories that have
>come to light over the years since the war paint
>a picture of sadistic torture rather than any
>serious research. It was the worst kind of
>science imaginable. What good could possibly
>come from injected frightened, malnourished
>prisoners with kerosene is completely beyond me.

Yes. Which was, if you read the paragraph of mine that you quoted, exactly my closing point. It's all a pointless discussion if the "research" was really just torture and of no benefit to anyone.

-- Dave