Checking the link from this story shows other work this scientist has done in the field of pain.

Let's look at this:
The scientist advocates better treatment of "lower" animals because they appear to possess the "memory" or feeling of unpleasant stimuli (pain).

This same scientist's career is based upon inflicting said stimuli on innocent creatures to see what happens...

Hmm

Young, stupid script kiddies and many bloggers still think Google is "way kool," so by now Google enjoys a 75 percent monopoly for all external referrals to most websites. No webmaster can avoid seeking Google's approval these days, assuming he wants to increase traffic to his site.

I hate this argument, apparently x is bad because x is successful...