YOU SAID:
Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should.
INTO JAPANESE
あなたの科学者たちは、彼らができるかどうかに夢中になっていたので、彼らは彼らがすべきかどうかを考えるのを止めませんでした。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Your scientists were so obsessed with whether they could, that didn't stop them from thinking about whether they should.
INTO JAPANESE
あなたの科学者たちは、彼らができるかどうかに夢中だったので、彼らがすべきかどうかを考えるのを止めませんでした。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Your scientists were so obsessed with whether they could, that didn't stop them from thinking about whether they should.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.