Human Subjects

[[Two people are sitting at a desk reviewing things.]] Person 1: We're concerned that some of your results may be tainted by the fact that your human subjects are *awful*. Person 2: What do you mean? Person 1: Several participants in your drug trial were arrested for arson. Person 2: Side effects can be unpredictable. Person 1: They were in the control group. Person 1: In your prisoner's dilemma study, 80% of the participants chose to betray their partners *before* the experimenter had a chance to tell them about the reward. Person 2: Definitely troubling. Person 1: In one experiment, your subjects repeatedly gave electric shocks to a stranger in another room. Person 2: That's a famous psychological- Person 1: This was a study of moisturizing creams! Person 2: Yes, we're not sure how they snuck in all that equipment. {{Title text: After meeting with a few of the subjects, the IRB actually recommended that you stop stressing out so much about safety guidelines.}}

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