Were those two truly mad scientists? When they got ruthless, they did not even spare themselves. They were actually willing to use such a dangerous spell on their own minds...
Murphy did admire them a little for that.
But he did not really support the idea.
Murphy's attitude toward human experimentation was much like his attitude toward the Three Unforgivable Curses: they could be used, but unless necessary, they were best avoided.
Although these methods or tools offered the simplest solution to the immediate problem, they could not be treated as routine measures. If someone became accustomed to handling everything with brute force, the small details and resistance they overlooked could accumulate over time into enormous trouble.
This was something he had only recently come to understand.
Whether it was Draco Malfoy and Kingsley Shacklebolt losing their battles against him, Joachim's madness, or the failures of Voldemort and Grindelwald, the same principle applied. Relying solely on one or two tools or approaches made it difficult to adapt to a future of endless change.
Being willing to use any means necessary ought to provide more choices, not become an obsession with following a single path to the bitter end.
That was why he remained wary of overly simplistic tools: the Three Unforgivable Curses, recruitment through threats and intimidation, or the financial offensive he had previously used on wizards.
He maintained the same caution toward the Seed of the Mind. It was simply too powerful, however, practically a cheat, and he could not possibly give it up.
Whether to use it was one matter. Whether he had it available was another.
"Let's not experiment on yourselves with such a dangerous spell for now," Murphy said.
Altering human thought was unethical no matter how one looked at it. Clearly, apart from these two