In twenty-four hours gone by , scientists ( and hoi polloi calling themselves scientist ) have conducted experiments that agitate at the edges of what is and is n’t morally satisfactory , while others have moved well beyond that line .
It ’s much honorable now , but that does n’t mean that the great unwashed do n’t still have melodic theme for experiments they would wish to know the results of if only they did n’t have to care about such thing as " morals " or looking like some sort of grotesque forward-looking - day Dr Frankenstein .
Over on Reddit , scientists have been answering the interrogative " What is something you desperately require to try out with , but will make you look like a mad scientist ? " . Below are a few of our favorites . We ’ll jump in if anything needs elaborating .
Cloning sequential killer
" I want to take DNA from infamous serial killer like Dahmer or Albert Fish or the comparable , clone them , then have the baby advance in a normal , supportive , loving family,“RecalcitrantJerksaid . " I ’d meditate the tiddler all through maturity to see how much is nurture and how much is nature . "
While nobody has gone so far as clone a human to test out the whole " nature vs nurture " debate , in the 1960s child psychiatrist and analyst Dr Peter Neubauer , in a studyfunded by the US National Institutes of Health , took an obscure telephone number of set of twins and triplets and separated them across different families . A man who became involved in the studyallegedthat the placement families were pick out on the footing of differing socioeconomic status . The twin and III were incognizant of their sibling , though some of them determine out through chance , as documented in the Sundance - deliver the goods documentaryThree Identical Strangers .
Dissolving account
" I experiment on ancient coins,“Philieselphy write . " Museums are loosely against me doing a full compositional analytic thinking as that would regard me dissolving the whole coin in Lucy in the sky with diamonds . But it sure as shooting would tell us a lot more than not . "
Giving skittle to people with serious but treatable conditions
One MD want to see how effective the placebo effect really is , by giving people with treatable conditions ninepins instead of lifesaving medication .
Doing the book / filmRoomfor material , but worse
Though nobody has done this as a scientific experiment ( because yikes ) there are example of masses who have been leaven in extremum of neglect , isolation , and loss that there ’s not much we could get a line from such a stern experimentation that we do n’t already know .
Somebody get these scientistsCRISPRASAP
They forgot theJourney 2 : The Mysterious Islandreference .
Some would argue this is the regular Olympics
The only thing worse here than the doubt is the answer
( Also , just go watchThe Blue Lagoon )
One for medical ethic fans
Do not let this soul near a lab
( DidThe Island of Dr Moreauteach us nothing ? )
And lastly , one that would kind of be interesting to see
Wait , that alsosounds familiar …
In summary , though , maybe ethics boards are a unspoiled matter after all .
