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Science, Kai...Pure Science, and be Damned to He Who Says "Enough".

Started by Doktor Howl, February 08, 2010, 04:24:37 PM

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Eater of Clowns

Quote from: Mistress Freeky on February 10, 2010, 11:47:41 PM
No thanks. I'm not clicking that.  :cry:

Harlowe's monkey torture experiments were much worse.


They were baby monkeys.  They died of loneliness.
Quote from: Pippa Twiddleton on December 22, 2012, 01:06:36 AM
EoC, you are the bane of my existence.

Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 07, 2014, 01:18:23 AM
EoC doesn't make creepy.

EoC makes creepy worse.

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the afflicted persons get hold of and consume carrots even in socially quite unacceptable situations.

Freeky


Rumckle

Quote from: Dr. James Semaj on February 10, 2010, 11:53:38 PM
You could find one of those pathetic "real superheroes" that wander the internet. They would make entertaining, if very sad, nemeses.

Some of them are cool, like angle grinder man:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/3112670.stm
It's not trolling, it's just satire.

Eater of Clowns

Quote from: Pippa Twiddleton on December 22, 2012, 01:06:36 AM
EoC, you are the bane of my existence.

Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 07, 2014, 01:18:23 AM
EoC doesn't make creepy.

EoC makes creepy worse.

Quote
the afflicted persons get hold of and consume carrots even in socially quite unacceptable situations.

The Wizard

QuoteSome of them are cool, like angle grinder man:

For a second there, I thought that this guy might have had some angle grinder themed gadgets. But even that sad hope is destroyed. Why has no one ever bothered to actually do this shit seriously?
Insanity we trust.

Rumckle

What I found interesting was this:

QuoteIt is also today considered unethical to evoke responses of fear in a laboratory setting, unless a participant has given informed consent to being intentionally frightened as part of an experiment.


So we can't evoke responses of fear in laboratories, but for reality TV shows it's ok?
It's not trolling, it's just satire.

The Wizard

Well yeah. Reality TV makes more money, at least in the short term. And who cares about five years from now, anyway?
Insanity we trust.

Eater of Clowns

I'm pretty sure they need to give informed consent on the reality show as well.  I don't know about "hidden camera" type things though.

Also note unethical - since when is reality television concerned with ethics?
Quote from: Pippa Twiddleton on December 22, 2012, 01:06:36 AM
EoC, you are the bane of my existence.

Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 07, 2014, 01:18:23 AM
EoC doesn't make creepy.

EoC makes creepy worse.

Quote
the afflicted persons get hold of and consume carrots even in socially quite unacceptable situations.

The Wizard

If they ever did give a shit about ethics, they stopped caring the moment they realized that people liked watching assholes.
Insanity we trust.

Rumckle

It's not trolling, it's just satire.

Freeky

Quote from: EoC on February 11, 2010, 12:07:59 AM
I'm pretty sure they need to give informed consent on the reality show as well.  I don't know about "hidden camera" type things though.


They get them to sign the waiver afterwards.

Rumckle

But that is only to show it on TV, it doesn't change the fact that it happened.
It's not trolling, it's just satire.

Freeky


Iason Ouabache

Quote from: Dr. James Semaj on February 11, 2010, 12:10:08 AM
If they ever did give a shit about ethics, they stopped caring the moment they realized that people liked watching assholes.
I'm standing by my prediction that a reality show will finally kill someone this year. I thought that I had it when the captain from "Deadliest Catch" died a couple of days ago but it was an unrelated stroke.
You cannot fathom the immensity of the fuck i do not give.
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Kai

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After reading JR Platt's classic paper on Strong Inference, I'm not sure that I can even /be/ a mad scientist, since I'm not sure if the stuff I'm doing is even really science. I've been told that science doesn't have to be experimental, that research based upon observation and comparison can be perfectly good "science", but now reading this I'm not so sure.

Or maybe just my science (with a little s) is just piddly stuff compared to Science, which uses strong inference and conducts experiments and discovers all the answers to the Big Important Questionstm. I'm just the accessory, Doktor. I'm no scientist, I'm just mad.

~Kai
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