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mad scientist ethics board that makes sure that a project is sufficiently unethical before providing funding


professionalchaoticdumbass

sometimes you get a normal scientist trying to apply with a regular invention that just has a puppy shredder attached to it with hot glue or sticky


teslacoils-and-hubris

you'd think they'd be disqualified for that, but trying to cheat the system to get research funding actually adds a lot of unethical points

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[–] 17 points 2 months ago*

you'd think they'd be disqualified for that, but trying to cheat the system to get research funding actually adds a lot of unethical points

"Shadow, it's me, The Devil(TM)."

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  • [–] 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    The shy and nervous lil scientist says, “it could probably handle a small child too but we haven’t tested it.”

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  • [–] 10 points 2 months ago

    I heard that some scientists took money from a crazy millionaire who wanted to find Atlantis and then used it for normal mapping of the ocean floor.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Isn’t there an SNL skit pretty similar to this?

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  • [–] 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    You might be thinking of this.

    And if you aren't you should watch it anyway.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    Wasn't this in one of the Dispicable Me movies?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago*

    I definitely read that last bit in Hans Doofenschmirtz’s voice.

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