No doubt they exist, but it would be nice to think that the experiment needed to expose them is not quite so drastic as an exploding reactor.

毫无疑问它们也存在，但值得庆幸的是：揭示它们的实验并不用象反应堆爆炸那样剧烈。

youdao

The more the experiment advances, the more drastic the changes become.

BBC: US family tries life without toilet paper

From the monetary side, the Federal Reserve used its normal stimulus tool of cutting interest rates, and when even drastic cuts had no impact, it launched what it admitted was an untried experiment, so-called quantitative easing, in an effort to do its part in helping to lift the economy out of the worst recession in 80 years.

FORBES: Who Will Buy All Those Treasury Bonds When The Fed Stops?