You have to look no further than everyone’s favorite: The Nazis. And you can stop there. There is more, don’t get me wrong, but it’s enough. Basically everything we know about the human body’s response to hypothermia… is based on that research.
And you don’t have to convince me about the so-called “right side” (of history). The calendar is not an argument, and a poor regulator of morality. We (humanity) can and do relapse frequently. The entire idea that we’re always getting “better” at this is a philosophical idea known as the doctrine of perpetual progress, and it is one that cannot be proven. Sure, on the face of it, it seems true enough: Once we had slavery, now we have significantly less of it, once women could not vote, now they can, and so on. But those are just some obvious examples. There’s enough things that go the other way too. And I will not get into that!
But, all that aside. I split the thread, so if people feel like they want to discuss the TECH behind the topic (and maybe point out some missed things, because tech isn’t always good, and when it is good, there can still be some compromises involved), then there is a space to do it, and we don’t have to polute your 4000-strong thread about Eskom with these musings.