"If you don't help with this..." Ola Freeman uttered half the sentence and then fell silent.
Yog waved his hand: "People at that time couldn't possibly have foreseen what would happen later. The choice made in good conscience back then was necessary, so there's no need to hold onto guilt because of it."
Anyone with knowledge of history and biology knows the story that followed.
Yawgmoth was inspired by Niyaguti's research and completed the subsequent Benchmark Human Remodeling Surgery, the "Great Power" of the Usurper of the State, and other foundational technologies.
If Xiang Shan used "animal protection" as a banner to rally the lower and middle masses, then "this research might be beneficial to the Rama Project" was a wedge to infiltrate the power holders' core.
And the facts proved he was entirely correct.