From Halo to The Simpsons, would fictional mad scientists pass ethical review?

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The moderators of the session didn’t just target Johnson. They asked their audience of 450 virtual attendees to evaluate other fictional mad scientists as well, voting on whether an institutional review board —a body of experts that a research institution uses to evaluate whether proposals are ethically sound—should approve their protocols.sat down with two of the panelists—operations manager Lisa Rigtrup at the University of Utah’s IRB, and compliance analyst Amanda Sly of the U.S.

To work out the kinks, I went to my local comic convention and put on this fake IRB panel for the folks that were attending. It was received pretty well. I think this format is good for making the IRB ethics world fun and doing it in a way that kind of stretches people’s minds.I think the pop culture side of things is the hook.

’ resident mad scientist, Professor Frink, want to collaborate on a freeze ray that stops people in their tracks. They claim it could be used to prevent children or animals from running into the street, or guests from leaving your party. But if a bad guy gets it, he could use it to take over the world.

 

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Yeah, like Dr. Nerdelbaum would submit proposal to same

Too much forward knowledge

At Wuhan Institute of Virology they did. Also, at Boston U too.

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